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Tribes in Oklahoma Take to Social Media to Criticize Oklahoma Governor Stitt's MLK Jr. Comments

Jan 20, 20222
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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt in a Zoom (File Photo)

Tribes in Oklahoma have taken to Twitter to condemn Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's comments made at the Oklahoma History Center during a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. event on Monday. Gov. Stitt, a member of the Cherokee Nation, used a speaking opportunity to denounce the U.S. Supreme Court's McGirt decision, saying Martin Luther King, Jr. would be "disgusted" by it.

"I believe that freedom fighters like Dr. King would be astounded, maybe even disgusted by the McGirt ruling," said Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt in a speech on Monday. "Because the ruling created two sets of rules for Oklahomans, based on their race. In eastern Oklahoma right now, there is not equal protection under the law."

"King believed, as I do, that every citizen of this nation is granted the same rights and opportunities under our constitution," Stitt said.

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Ok66bville writes:

Continued: Today many that earn over $100,000 a year that should have corrected the corruption of their predecessors. Knew or should have known, Federal Indian Law, that ignorance, incompetance or corruption continued to cost Natives their homes, land, jobs, monies, family, friends, children & some even their lives, by false Prosecution of drug crimes, driving offenses, contempt of court, and hundreds of accusations that federal government wouldn't waste resources prosecuting.

01/25/2022, 1:24 pm

Ok66bville writes:

Gov. Stitt and AG O'Conner fail to mention the tens of thousands of Native American victims created by the State of Oklahoma. Over 100 years ago it was the normal to victimize Indians. So the corruption that started against Genocide victims was applauded by state officials as easy targets of monies for their pockets and building their careers on what was well known at the time. Decades of ignoring Federal Indian Law would continue to persecute Native Americans. False Prosecution by the State.

01/25/2022, 1:11 pm