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.
Despite fierce public opposition and constitutional arguments, Gore's city council voted to ban recording inside taxpayer-funded buildings. Citizens packed the meeting, cameras rolled, and things got heated when officials retreated to a closed-door meeting.
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.