TRANSCRIPT OF ASSAULT
September 2, 1996
Labor Day Festival, Tuskahoma, Oklahoma

Douglas ("D"): How are ya'll doing today?

D: 1 don't Think so, bub.

(noise)

D: You guys better not do anything, bub.

(noise)


D: we are not tolerating this. This...

Durant Officer ("O"): Can I talk to you for just a minute?

D : No, you can't. Get away from me.

O: Sir, can I talk to you for just a minute?

D: No, I said just get away from me. I don't know who you are. I don't know what you are doing.

O: Sir... you're...

D: You are with Durant Police Department. I don't think you ought to be bothering me.

O: ...you are prevented from handing out any literature here today. Okay?

D:I'm not handing out anything.

O: Let me talk with you for just a minute

D: I haven't handed out anything.

O: Let me just talk to you...

(scuffle)

D: Let go of me.

(noise)

D: Let go of me.

O: stop.

D: Let go of me.

O: Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.

O: Hey, stop.

D: I'm not doing anything. Let go of me.

O: stop. stop. stop. stop. stop

D: Let go of me. I haven't done anything. Let go of me.

O: .....if you don't calm down, I'm going spray you (holding mace in video)

O: Come here.

D: Let go of me. I haven't done anything.

O: You got those brochures?

D: I haven't done anything.

O: Do you want to cuff him?

D: I haven't passed out anything. Let go of me.

O: He won't

D: Let go of me.

O: He won't- they got their brochures and they won't stop.

D: Why have you got me stopped here? The Durant Police Department has me stopped here. Why?

O: Sir, you are not supposed to be handing out

D: I haven't passed out anything.

O: YOU can't possess your literature within 10 foot of your posted area.

O:That's true.

D: No, I haven't seen any law that says that.

O: We are advising you

D: Where? You show it to me.

O: We are advising you

D: Show it to me.

O: Sir, quit resisting

D: You are illegally holding me. Let me go.

O: Sir, quit resisting

D: Let me go. Unless I am arrested for something, let me go.

(Choctaw Chief of Police Hoppy Denison approached the officers.)

H.D: Turn him loose.

D: This is America. You leave me alone.