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mercuryblues

(14,531 posts)
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 10:55 AM Mar 2023

IOKIYR

Police said Rep. Dean Davis (R) of the Oklahoma House of Representatives was among a group of people who had remained on the patio of Skinny Slim’s, a pub in downtown Oklahoma City, at around 2:11 a.m. on Thursday. Officers told everyone on the patio to leave since it was a violation for a bar to allow people to continue drinking after 2 a.m., which is when the bar closes.

After telling one man to put his drink down and leave the premises three times, the man, who was identified as Rep. Dean Davis, became argumentative, according to an arrest affidavit.

The report states that he showed officers a credential and said something along the lines of, “You don’t know how bad you messed up. You will find out tomorrow.”

In the body camera footage released Friday, police officers are seen taking Davis into custody outside of the bar.

“Are you guys really doing this?” he can be heard on the video asking the officers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oklahoma-lawmaker-arrested-after-telling-cops-you-can-t-detain-me/ar-AA194MeQ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ac6b6ae00967429fba7ecb56637b855f&ei=33


Link to video:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/oklahoma-lawmaker-apologizes-following-public-intoxication-arrest/vi-AA191MWg?ocid=msedgntp&t=23
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DeeDeeNY

(3,355 posts)
14. Wow. I didn't know what an obnoxious entitled jerk she was.
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:55 PM
Mar 2023

Saying “Do you know my name?” - like she thinks she should be treated differently than mere mortals because she can memorize lines from a script and make money playing pretend.

Hotler

(11,421 posts)
2. Per Sean Hannity, "if an officer gives you a command just say, yes, Sir, and comply".
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 11:17 AM
Mar 2023

As Sean Hannity put it:
If the police officer gives you a command, ‘Please exit the car,’
You should say: ’Yes, officer… Okay, officer.”

Fellow Fox anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle echoed that, telling viewers “listen,” “just comply!”

That has been the standard conservative lecture to Americans across a spate of policing controversies — that everyone, innocent or guilty, should just do what the police tell you… no matter how aggressive they are.

&t=4s

plimsoll

(1,668 posts)
12. Look, laws are meant to protect but not bind guys like him.
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:39 PM
Mar 2023

He knows it the LEOs know it. He needed to comply and get a drive home and go on with his life. Nothing would have or will happen to him.

Hannity and his ilk still say comply, because the local valet service probably won’t even finger print him. These are like water is wet stories.

czarjak

(11,274 posts)
17. He also said, "Work hard and play by the rules, and you too can be a success in America"
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 01:38 PM
Mar 2023

While he sits behind a microphone and spews BS even he doesn't believe. He's cashed in bigly.

Silent3

(15,210 posts)
3. "It appears he needs to seek help for substance abuse."
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 11:19 AM
Mar 2023

He needs to seek help for privilege abuse and for being an entitled prick.

Timeflyer

(1,993 posts)
10. Yeah, he was too drunk to remember that slimy phrase.
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:15 PM
Mar 2023

He can't control himself, but I bet he's big on laws to control others (women).

twodogsbarking

(9,748 posts)
13. Years ago I was waiting in a bank line and a guy forced his way to the front.
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:51 PM
Mar 2023

When a woman stopped him, he said "Do you know who I am?" and she said yes, get to the back of the line.
Then she said "Give a monkey a little hair and he thinks he is King Kong". He left the bank.

OMGWTF

(3,955 posts)
16. Reminds me of a story that happened at the check-in counter at an airport
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 01:19 PM
Mar 2023

Some asshole (a Rethuglican no doubt) was demanding a first-class seat or something like that and kept saying to the agent at the counter "Do you know who I am?" like he was a big shot who should be revered. The agent got on the loudspeaker and announced to everyone that there was someone at the counter that did not know who they were, and could anyone help him? That shut him up.

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