Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Decries Judicial Abuse Of Power

  Political activist, Al Gerhart, not only won an acquittal in yesterday's ruling. To hear one judge's opinion, This was not even close to enough of righting a wrong done in Oklahoma courts.
Sadly, only 3 of the 5 judges understood the fundamental issue of our constitutional rights in this case. Defendant Al Gerhart posted his own summation of the case;

"The 3 to 2 decision was bitterly fought but three Appellate Court Justices did the right thing, against what will be huge political blow back against their careers.   We were shocked, we fully expected that it would take a Federal Court to ensure that justice and constitutional rights were upheld."

Al Gerhart Wins First Amendment Case

Tea Party Activist, Al Gerhart; and former Senator, Cliff Branan.

Conviction Overturned On 1st Amendment Grounds

  After a jury initially found Sooner Tea Party activist, Al Gerhart, guilty of blackmail for his communications with Senator Cliff Branan; the judges of the Oklahoma Court of Appeals said his first amendment rights were violated by the conviction.
 KFOR News reports:

  In May 2014, Sooner Tea Party leader Al Gerhart was found guilty of blackmailing a state senator and violating the Computer Crimes Act.

The controversial email which led to felony charges against Gerhart.

  Prosecutors claimed Gerhart sent an email to Oklahoma Sen. Cliff Branan, allegedly promising to make the senator a “laughing stock” unless the Senate Energy and Environment Committee passed a bill that would block a United Nations plan.

  Branan served as chairman of the committee and held sole power to keep any legislation in his committee from even getting an initial 'up or down' vote in order to be considered by the entire legislative body.
  Branan no longer serves in the legislature and his bid to be elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission fell short in June of 2014.

Oklahoma's Newest Monument: Theophobia

A Monument To The Removal Of Faith From Civil Governance

  This empty slab and chipped foundation is all that's left of the monument commemorating the history of law in civilization. This is now a monument to America's theophobia and attempt to erase any idea that faith has been a basis for civil governance.
  Even though  historic religions find their basis in the Mosaic tablets, the Oklahoma courts have rejected the notion that the state should recognize any historic inference to this world event and code of civil law.


 Red Dirt Report captured this image of the empty slab on the Oklahoma capitol grounds. http://goo.gl/f0WhTP

Monument On Hiatus: Why the secrecy?

Monument removed from state property in dark of night.    News9 aircraft captured this image at the capitol grounds.

The work crews showed up at the Oklahoma capitol in the dark of night.
Last night a private monument company sent a work crew to the state capitol. Security teams were in place and a barrier fence was all in place for a quick extraction. The privately donated monument to civil law was being torn down. This followed a very public and controversial legal fight that has been in national news over several years.
  KWTV news was there to capture the event.

Construction crews started removing the heavily disputed Ten Commandments monument Monday night off the state Capitol grounds. 

The 6-foot-tall, granite sculpture was ordered to be removed by Oct. 12. A heavy duty crane was used to lift the 4,800-pound monument around 10:30 p.m.  

City Of Tulsa Lets A Private Vendor Handle 911 Calls

The Tulsa Police have found another way to search your home and papers.

  The stated motive for Tulsa's police department may be noble and ideal, but I will not be cooperating with Rave Mobile's attempt to get between me and my municipal emergency services.

 Sadly, I cannot stop  my city council from this unsafe and unsecure method. I hope they take a moment to rethink this idea and hold off until the more perfect system is put in place. Perhaps I'm expecting too much.  KFAQ posted a news story about the Tulsa Police Dept. choosing to let Rave Mobile of  Delaware (headquartered in Massachusetts), handle information gathering for the Tulsa 911 service.

The story says;

  "Chief Chuck Jordan and the Tulsa Police Department are excited to announce the introduction of Smart911® to the City of Tulsa.

  Police say Smart911 is a free service used by public safety agencies across the country to enhance communication and response for their community. It can be used by 9-1-1 agencies to quickly send first responders to the location of an emergency with more information, by emergency management to better plan for and respond to disasters, and by municipalities to send emergency notifications to their citizens.