My question involves civil rights in the State of: Oklahoma
I'm charged with Obstruction (misdemeanor), and spent a week in Jail. I was released yesterday, evening.
I have no criminal history, I've participated in alot of the charities in this county, and have always been on the ready to assist people here. I've always loved my state of Oklahoma, and used to have much pride in my town..
I no longer feel the pride I once had in my Town. I feel afraid of our Police, and I feel constrained to our Home.
Evening walks that my Wife and I used to take are something of the past, I'm afraid to be outside anytime after 6:00PM.
My wife and I were arguing, and a man that lives across from us (we live in an Apartment), called the Police.
The arguing was not very loud, and was very brief.
Authorities arrived, and banged on my door. They demanded me to allow them inside. I asked them if they had a search warrant, and they declined, he stated that he didn't need a search warrant because he had, "Probable cause".
I asked what his 'probable cause', was, and he would not say. He instead pounded on my door, and demanded me to let them inside.
I said that I do not consent to a search of my Home, and will comply if a search-warrant is issued.
They claimed they needed to check on my wife, who is prescribed medicine by a mental-clinic. She isn't a 'patient'.
The younger Police Officer asked if my wife was inside, and I lied, and stated that she was just out shopping, and that I haven't heard any noise.
He stated that if he found out I was lying, that he was "going to go through my home and destroy every last f**** thing I have".
My neighbor across from us was speaking to the Police in the driveway of the Apartments, and mentioned to them that I am a Hunter, and have a firearm.
The Authorities stated that I had a firearm in my Home with a 'patient', and that it was a felony, and that they will charge me with it if they discover she is inside my Home.
I continued telling the Officers that I will comply if the Judge issues a warrant for them to search, but that I will not consent to a search
They drew their pistols at this point, and I could hear the Sheriff talking, he said, "He's threatening to shoot Police Officers.", this was a blatant lie, and I stated that, "That is a lie, Officer. I have never threatened to fire on Officers."
I stated that am, and have been actively recording with both audio, and video. I lied. My digital camera lens is broken, and wont open.
At this point I was very nervous and scared. Police Officers were actively trying for felon-tier charges, and were lying about events taking place.
I quickly got my shotgun (still in its case, and unloaded) out of the closet, and opened the side-door, dropping it off the second-story porch.
I then shut the door.
I know I shouldn't have abandoned property like this, but when the Officer claimed I was threatening to shoot Officers, it was an instinct reaction. I disarmed my Home, (only had one weapon).
Officers had shaken the lock to my door enough to where the door opened, and I quickly got to my knee's, and put my hands behind my head.
Police Officers entered my Home, pistols drawn, and cuffed me. I was taken out of my Home, and was told about the charges.
I denied threatening to shoot Officers.
I stated that I will no longer speak without a Lawyer present.
Authorities spoke with my Wife, and tried to intimidate her into writing incriminating information on the Police Report.
I was detained on the charge of "Obstruction of an Officer.", for refusing to open my door to allow the search.
I was brought to Jail, and had to do paperwork and get fingerprinted as well as a photograph.
My first night in Jail.
I asked about my bond, and was told that they were still trying to reach the Judge about it.
I told him that if I didn't arrive to work at 6:00 this morning, that I would be at risk of losing my job.
I asked about getting OR'ed, and I was told that nobody would be getting OR'ed because of the upcoming Holiday weekend, and that the Judge was taking a vacation.
I had asked for a phone-call, and was told to hold on. I was never allowed the phonecall.
I used the phone in my cell, and was allowed two minutes to call my Wife. (It was about 11PM when I called.)
She was in tears, wanted me Home, etc, I told her that it should be soon, because the charge isn't serious.
My Wife told me that the Police had destroyed everything in the Home, and had destroyed the walls.
I told her I loved her, everything would be alright, etc.
She told me that she could not bail me, because I was set as 'no bail', by the Jail, for my misdemeanor charge of Obstruction.
I tried calling her again the next day, and the phone told that I was not allowed to call the number, and to 'hang up'.
The Jail had blocked my Wife's phone number.
My Wife contacted everybody she could to help, and reached a Bailbondsman who knew me as a good worker, and as a 'good person'. I don't have a criminal history.
The bailbondsman is close to the DA, and managed to get me a $1,000 bail.
My Wife didn't have anything from our house to sell to get the 150$ needed to pay her. Police had destroyed everything during their search.
My Wife ended up pawning my tacklebox, the reels of my fishing-poles, (the poles themselves had been snapped in half by Police), and managed to get the bail.
The Pawnshop owner knows me, as I usually go in there and buy some tackle if he has any, or I'll give him a good deal on some old stuff I just don't need anymore.
I was finally free. My Wife, combined with the help of the Bailbondsman, managed to get me out of there.
I had heard rumors about marijuana being discovered in the Trustee's cell, and such, but thought of these rumors as just talk about the Jail, and probably not true.
How wrong I was. This Jail was utterly horrible, and the Jailers did not care about the inmates..
I was put in the PC, (Protective Custody), cell because other cells were at full capacity. There was already four people in this one. These are very small cells, and I literally had to sleep with my head against the opening gate of the cell, and had to curl my knee's so as to not hit the toilet.
The television was small, and was out of sight of the PC cell, so I could not watch the television. I was not eligible for reading materials, so the only books passed around were among the Jail. There was two books in PC, and both were being 'reread' by cell-mates.
I wouldn't use the restroom because of anxiety, this, and because my cellmates heads were near the toilet (very cramped cell).
Drugs were very rampant in the Jail. When it was Med-time, people began trading their pills. The Jailer left, and did not care.
They continued packing more and more people into these cells. Staff, an infection, was very rampant. People begged to be allowed to go to the Hospital, but Jailers simply didn't care.There was alot of sick inmates. They stated that they could go when there is a 'transport' available. Which was apparently 'never'.
A man was bleeding in the cell next to me, and his friends had to wrap his wounds with a shirt, and keep pressure on them to keep them closed. The Jailers would not take him to the Hospital. Inmates had to clean the pool of blood with a towel.
There was a man who couldn't wake up two cells down. The Jailers knew about this, but again, just didn't care. His lunch was shared by his cellmates. I do not know if he is dead, in a coma, or what happened to him.
I first arrived Home, and I dropped.. Everything. Everything I had was ruined, and destroyed. I looked over my walls. Police had used a hammer to punch large holes into the wall of my home, and kicked out the glass of my sidedoor.
Everything I had was in pieces, and destroyed.
My fishing poles were snapped in half.
My television laid in glass pieces over the floor.
Police had used boxcutters to my bed, and ruined it.
My cellphone was snapped in half, and then smashed.
My metal door (entry) has stamps where they used a hammer out of my tool box, to leave the giant dents.
My bathroom mirror was in pieces, and my Wife had to shut off the water because the toilet was smashed in, and water had flooded the hallway, and bathroom of the Apartment.
The Ceiling in my kitchen was knocked out. The insulation and sheetrock laid all over the stove, the refrigerator, and my cabinets.
Food in the refrigerator was tossed into the floor, and the door unhinged.
My faucet in the kitchen can not work, it's been dented to an 'L' angle, water won't come out when you turn it on, and you must use vicegrips, because the plastic around the knobs was broken.
This isn't even a quarter of what the Police destroyed during their search.
I was frustrated at this. I asked to file a complaint with the PD, and was told that there 'wasn't a complaint form', and that I needed to Speak to the Sheriff. The very Sheriff that commanded his Officers to perform the damage.
I stated that I have photographs of the damage, and I lied, stating that I also had footage of the arrest.
I was told that it wouldn't be 'most likely would not be admissible in court', to use the footage.
My Courtdate is in four days.
I'm told they are going to try for the maximum sentence of one year in county Jail, and they will be very aggressive in doing-so.
A Police Officer, (friend of mine), told me that the shotgun that I put outside, was never brought into the station. The Sheriff had kept it, presumably to blackmail me, (or my wife if I'm put in Jail, again), incase I actually have footage. He used gloves in handling it, so only my finger prints remain on it.
He told me the 'talk', was that it would be in the best interest of the Sheriff to have me locked in Jail, so that I wouldn't talk to anybody.
I have never been afraid of my State. I used to speak in high regard about our Police, and about my Town. I even voted for the Sheriff that did this.
I can not afford a Lawyer. As I said, me being in Jail cost me my job, and I have no possessions that I can give because the Police destroyed everything during their search.
What can I do to avoid going back to Jail? I'm willing to have a debt of a fine, but I can't go back to Jail. I have a family to support.
My Daughter just passed away, three weeks ago. My Wife was already stressed before all of this happened. If I go back to Jail, my Wife will have to be Homeless.
Is there any legal something I can do to avoid going to Jail?
I don't know if anybody is from around here, but the 'Stipe Political Machine', they call it, is still running here. Stipe died a few years ago, but he was one of the most corrupt political figures we had for this part.
I appreciate it. I can upload photographs if you want them, but I warn you, it's just an absolute disaster.

