Jerry Eubanks manages Pawhuska despite facing felony embezzlement charges in two counties for allegedly stealing equipment between cities. When a journalist arrives asking questions, city officials panic and close office windows rather than answer.
Suspended attorney brings cameras into courthouse with bar card while ordinary citizens are threatened with arrest for the same activity. Court clerk and county clerk both say they have no problem with recording, raising questions about who's really behind the ban.
Patrick Kennedy, mayor of Oilton, Oklahoma, was convicted of embezzling from the same city he now leads. State law bars felons from holding office for 15 years, but Kennedy remains in power. When reporters arrived seeking records, tensions exploded.
We were in city Oklahoma requesting records when the city clerk called the mayor for Ron making an open records act request, making a comment about him being white. despite the Mayor telling her to fulfill the request she refused and broke the Open Records Act which is a misdemeanor.
Boynton city clerk told the mayor "I believe everything white people say" during a routine records request, then refused to provide legally required documents despite mayoral approval. The interaction was captured on video.
Mayor Brian Stack canceled the commissioner meeting and National Night Out event after journalists gathered to expose alleged corruption and vote buying schemes. City employees claimed they don't take lunch breaks while eating at their desks on taxpayer time.
Hudson County prosecutor ordered all officers to watch First Amendment training by midnight. When journalists tested their knowledge the next day, zero had seen the video. Then 14 cops surrounded them in the courthouse hallway.
Bokoshe Police Chief Joey Don Oliver tried using protective orders to silence reporters investigating his misconduct allegations. Instead, he got hit with a federal lawsuit for violating their First and Second Amendment rights.
Multiple women have come forward with sexual assault allegations against Bokoshe Police Chief Joey Oliver, including claims of forced intoxication and digital penetration. When journalists arrived to question him, Oliver was nowhere to be found.
When journalists requested records on officer Shiloa Edwards, accused of department-hopping and crimes against women, Warner city officials turned off lights and hid from view. What they captured on hidden camera will shock you.
Judge Kirkley claims he can ban recording in the publicly accessible court clerk's office, threatening consequences for a journalist documenting his visit to request records. The tense confrontation reveals confusion about authority and public access rights.
After being warned Gore would be hostile to records requests, journalists expecting confrontation instead find cooperative clerk who knows proper procedure. The stark contrast caps a day investigating "gypsy cops" across Oklahoma small towns.
When Warner officials refused public records about former police chief Shala Edwards and mocked a citizen journalist asking "what are you going to do about it," they found out. Live footage shows the entire lawsuit filing process in Oklahoma court.
A Wagner city hall employee called police after a lawyer requested public records at the courthouse. When officers arrived, they found no violations and left the scene. The confrontation escalated when the employee refused to provide available forms.
Journalists arrive seeking police chief records, find hostile staff. When they return with live audience, city hall mysteriously closes for "construction" with no workers in sight. What they discover when police force employees out of hiding reveals the lengths officials will go to avoid transpar...
