Comments on: Prison Sex-Slave Operation Alleged

Oklahoma Law Man Faces 467 Years In Prison, Charged With Rape, Sodomy And Bribery

[b-easy63]

"No one else from the sheriff''s department appears to be implicated, Tidwell said. "The circumstances are certainly regretful," he said."


The circumstances are indeed regretful. but no one else was implicated? Do they mean the girls performed the wet t shirt contest for an audience of one? If others were present, their failure to report a crime and their knowingly involvement in the contests if not in other things, certainly means more were implicated.

Maybe the girls are only telling on the sheriff, because a bigger, badder and uglier fish wants his job and as usual--they are cooperating to the fullest. Probe deeper...no doubt more than the sheriff are involved.

[brianbwb-2009]

Abuse of inmates by the officials charged to guard them has been a problem for so long that movies have been made about the subject, going back to the 60s, and even before.

That some were so blatant as to be caught is like the Rodney King abuse, it happens so often that sooner or later someone had to be caught in the act.

Now to be fair, there should be no judge''s discretion in matters such as these, sanctions should be harsh and mandatory, the perpetrators should be incarcerated with the same population that "civilians" would be under the same conditions, but for longer terms, because they know they broke laws that they are guarding civilians for breaking.

[bozworth4]

As state a number of times, law enforcement do these things (and even worse) because they can.

[ranger1948]

swswils
Yes it certainly looks bad when a police officver gets caught committing crimes. I am still glasd to see that they get caught. I think this shows other police are doing their jobs. They like the military serve in a thankless committment to the American public.

[slim1h2o]

Posted by ranger1948 at 07:04 AM : Apr 18, 2008

I agree with your assessment,,He really has nothing to offer, intellectually,, just hate, and vile comments, and for sure,, is morally bankrupt.

[buddyandmom]

How other police officers working at this jail not know what was going on is just unbelievable. It''s almost impossible to keep "secrets" in jails such as this. I truly hope that an outside police agency does the investigation into this sick, horrible crime against all women everywhere. 400 plus years is not enough !

[ranger1948]

slim1h2o
I guess we should be kind to rudy, he can''t help the case theat he has deep rooted psycholigical problems, is opinionated, bigoted, has inferior felings about his manhood brought on by women who have made successful careers. I would suppose after all these years of working as a janitor in a police station he would naturally develop an inferiority complex, of course i think the population in general would have had the same effect on him.

[messiahx4eve]

Sheriff Mike Burgess won''t be hunting wolves with ole buzzard lips this year, instead he will be experiencing prison through a convicts point of view, not being retentive in love giving at all. Don''t worry Burgess, ask bush, he''ll tell you from personal experience from cheney that it stretches to fit after some time and a few stitches. You got lucky, you will get variety EVERY night, ALL NIGHT LONG!!!!!

[ranger1948]

rudy654
Your disparaging of women poluice officers is uncalled for. Many women serve as police officers and do a fine job. Your analiigy of being sent back to the kitchen does not do these ladies any justice. Your attitude belongs back up in the hillls with your inbred family.

[ranger1948]

rudy654
I apologize for using the term liberals as i have known police officers fromm all political affiliations. You brtought up Limbaugh, he could never make it as a cop. All i have wever seen him do is run his mouth incessantly. What has he accomplished in life ? As for beng bigoted, i think you are the biggest bigot on here. You label all police as bad. You say you worked with cops, in what capacity, snitch ? You say you worked with police, if you hold them without any respect why would you work with them ? Sounds to me you are right up thgere in the sleaze ball category. I know all people don''t think or act like me, this is a free country where everyone has a right to their opinion. But i do feel we need police to deal with people like you.

[swwils]

I agree with ranger1948,we can trust a big percent of them,one bad apple don''t spoil the whole bunch.It just looks bad when a uniform person is caught up in something corrupt,because we expect more out of them.

[swwils]

Sick MF''s running our jails,so apparently your not even safe while incarcerated.I don''t need to read the innocent till proven guilty BS either,he wouldn''t have resigned if he hadn''t had something to do with this.Innocent people don''t just up and quit their job.He should be prosecuted to the maximum the law allows.This is another perfect case of corruption within our system.Sickening you can;t even trust your elected officials within our communities.

[rudy654-2009]

Hey ranger Ricky,

Next time I have need of a cop, I''ll be sure to ask the cop if he''s a liberal or a cop. If it''s a woman, I''ll tell her to get back to the kitchen. Happy now??

[rudy654-2009]

Everyone wants to defame law enforcement. Now you all know they do not go into law enforcement for the great wages. I have met many fine officers in my life and i truly believe they became police officers because they wantedto help their community. Now when we get an occassional bad one you want to label them all as bad. When you have a situation, who so you want to call a liberal or a cop ? Posted by ranger1948 at 11:38 PM

A liberal or a cop? Uh huh. Yeah, see, as soon as I scanned your bigoted piece of krap, I plant you right in there with the ignorant, toothless, knuckle draggers. You think that all cops are so-called "conservatives" or republicans? You have this brainwashed idea that all good people think and act like you. Do you think someone like Limbaugh would ever be a cop? Yeah, well of course, there he was buying illegal drugs. BUT oh well, not like cops aint done that before! See, I worked with "cops" and I can''t tell you how many times I seen them flaunting the laws, including driving drunk after parties and nobody caring.

[ranger1948]

atlanta30326
It is too bad you fel that way. I am retired military and law enfoircement. I have met many police both professionally and personally and have been impressed with 99% of them. Perhaps if they were given a decent wage their credit would be better.

[atlanta30326]

I applaud you Ranger1948...I am sure you are a good man. But in my 49 years on this rock, and living with an open mind, I have to say the majority of cops are imbeciles. I know too many of them. I am a business man that has done business with them and it is a running joke about cops and personal credit...90% have horrific credit! That in itself says a lot about cops. An old saying is never extend credit to any profession that starts with a "P"...as in policeman.

[lemonskink]

This is just the tip of the iceberg in one small place in what once was a great nation. Throughout jails and prisons all across the police state of America, human beings are subjected to unimaginable horrors. I know, I''ve talked to some who were thrown into this unjust system. Things as bad or worse as Abu Ghraib happen on a daily basis in the USA. Remember, the nation with the greatest number of people in prisons. This Sheriff is just a small percentage of the abuse taking place, but who cares. They are only jailbirds. Who are they gonna tell and who will believe them. When you hear we are the best, the greatest, well I got news for you...it''s all a lie. Led by Bush and his band of evil doers, everything this country once stood for has been destroyed, and the populace are too cowardly to do anything about it. More brainwashing....move along...nothing to see here.

[ranger1948]

Everyone wants to defame law enforcement. Now you all know they do not go into law enforcement for the great wages. I have met many fine officers in my life and i truly believe they became police officers because they wantedto help their community. Now when we get an occassional bad one you want to label them all as bad. When you have a situation, who so you want to call a liberal or a cop ? Think about it. As foir the sheriff in Arizone he has a record for prisoners not wanting to return to his jail. I applaud him. We coddle the prisoners to much and make life in prison a luxury for them while we still hav to work and earn those priviledges. When convicted a person loses a great deal if their civil rights bwecause they refuse to follow the set laws of society. I have no sympathy for them.

[atlanta30326]

Why is anyone surprised at this? Gee whiz? Who would ever think that a person barely above the food chain of a convict themselves would ever empower themselves after strapping on a badge and a gun? The theory I had 35 years ago keeps enforcing itself. Most, not all cops, are/where powerless, unpopular twits in their formative years and want to get even or show society their worth (which isn''t much). Why would anyone want to do their job for those wages? Gratification of "To protect and to serve"? Yeah right! Let Joe Friday tell me that. If any of them had a double digit IQ they would do something other than bully and intimidate!

[glock4me]

IDNNSG, looks like I touched a nerve with you... name-calling and everything.

So you are telling me that the democratic candidates do not wish to severely restrict gun ownership? Please, they are scared to even mention the topic because their true stance on that issue would offend the majority of the population. Also, in general, liberals are far more trusting and/or dependent on the government than conservatives... so, yes, they are generally more trusting of the so-called authorities. Sorry, but that is a fair generalization (not true in every single case, but true in a great majority).

I own firearms because the police are NOT responsible for my safety, or the safety of any individual. If some criminal with evil intentions breaks in my house, only I will be able to stop him. You''ve heard the phrase "when seconds count the police are minutes away?" Well it is true for you as well as me.

I guess it should be OK for the Clintons to make $109M, but be enraged that my gun dealer makes $40 per firearm purchased.