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Things like this is why I never really ventured into the south eastern part of the state. Always seemed like someone would go down to Talimena Drive and that area getting stopped and harassed by the local sheriffs. Similar to why I started going to Dallas via OKC because I hated going through Stringtown and Atoka. Just hated that stretch between Savanna and Durant. Got stopped in Atoka one time and spent an hour for a speeding ticket.

Small town southern town stereotypes are probably not without some basis in truth.

I assisted my sister in driving from OK to FL for a summer in the late 1970s.  I made sure I got a haircut before starting the trip.

Short answer: Nothing.

In McCurtain County, Oklahoma, Sheriff Kevin Clardy was caught on audiotape in March of 2023 talking with other county leaders about how they might kill and discreetly bury the bodies of two local journalists who had written stories about alleged corruption inside his office, among others.

CBS News subsequently uncovered that residents had been making allegations of misconduct for years, ranging from financial improprieties to excessive force and neglect of duty. An attorney for Sheriff Clardy declined to respond to questions from CBS News but denied the allegations made in five civil rights lawsuits that are ongoing in federal court.

Interviews with law enforcement insiders combined with an original analysis of police data and court records revealed that three-quarters of reported crimes went unsolved in McCurtain County last year and some apparently suspicious deaths were never investigated or reported by the sheriff's office to independent officials — a violation of state and federal laws.

But even after a viral news scandal, a paper trail of alleged violations with audio and video evidence, and calls from the governor to resign, Sheriff Clardy remains in power today.

"Nothing has happened to them," said McCurtain Gazette reporter Chris Willingham. He and his father Bruce were the journalists whose murders the sheriff and others were heard contemplating. "They have to feel untouchable, they're above the law."

Meanwhile, some who consider themselves victims of the sheriff's office have fled town, saying they fear for their safety.

Over a 40-year period, people died in law enforcement custody at a higher rate in Oklahoma than in any other state, and in 84% of those deaths, officers or deputies didn't report their use of lethal force, according to a study published in The Lancet.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/county-sheriffs-deaths-accountability/

Things like this is why I never really ventured into the south eastern part of the state. Always seemed like someone would go down to Talimena Drive and that area getting stopped and harassed by the local sheriffs. Similar to why I started going to Dallas via OKC because I hated going through Stringtown and Atoka. Just hated that stretch between Savanna and Durant. Got stopped in Atoka one time and spent an hour for a speeding ticket.

So reading the link Patric provided it sounds like Mansion really missed the mark and told the designers there are major changes in the design after the original design and haven't paid for the original design. It just sounds like Mansion is flying by the seat of their pants, and they haven't really done the research into the infrastructure for the site. It sounds like on just the RV park site they blew the design by making all the spaces 80' spots and having to go back and cut a number of the spaces to 40' but keeping the same number of spaces. I would think this is going to limit the number of big RV's with trailers and even smaller RV's pulling trailers. I'm just looking at this from what I have seen over the years of RV traffic around Arizona. A 30' fifth wheel being towed by a 1 ton crew cab pickup won't fit a 40' space, nor will a 30' or 35' RV towing a vehicle.

It's not uncommon to see this type of RV here especially around Lake Havasu, Roosevelt, Pleasant or Powell.

With Oologah, Hudson and Grand just a short distance away, I would think that there needs to be space for set ups like this.

I spent over 10 years parked in a 40' space with a 31' fifth wheel and big diesel pickup.  Fit ok for that amount of time.

RV's - motor homes -are getting bigger though and 80' would be exceptionally luxurious!   We are looking at 40-45 foot MH now.  So may RV parks can NOT handle them!

The true reich is the British Empire.

No doubt you ARE Broken Arrow KKK.  Another sauerkraut crawling out of the dark, dank places to prove they have nothing to say and no intellect to say it with.

For everyone else WITH a thought process, and more than two neurons working, T**** is the one who said "Unified Reich".

At $20,000+ per year to incarcerate, it would be 20 times more cost effective just to pay the $1,000 restitution to the victim and get over it.

But hey, that would make too much sense and would not feed the "good ole boy" political patronage system.

Interesting.  Almost like ADS-B Out. I presume it's on an different frequency but couldn't readily see the requirements and probably wouldn't understand the government gobbledy-gook anyway.
  
Helicopters and crop dusters are generally obvious to someone keeping their UAV in sight.  Someone buzzing their house will probably put their transponder in standby, assuming they have one to begin with.  From your link above, it looks like the recreational UAV will report itself as being over 400 ft AGL using the Remote ID and drones operating under Part 91 will have ADS-B Out.


This looks interesting:
https://www.unmannedairspace.info/latest-news-and-information/dronetag-releases-drone-scanner-app-to-track-nearby-drone-flights-using-remote-id-data/

I'm looking at getting a new drone that gets around this by not requiring remote id.  It's based on weight I believe.  The one I'm looking at is far too small.

Thanks for this link and the link to the article from The Oklahoman. The Oklahoman article helped answer a lot of questions I had about how this started and the KOKI link provided the pretext to the story. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Short answer: Nothing.

In McCurtain County, Oklahoma, Sheriff Kevin Clardy was caught on audiotape in March of 2023 talking with other county leaders about how they might kill and discreetly bury the bodies of two local journalists who had written stories about alleged corruption inside his office, among others.

CBS News subsequently uncovered that residents had been making allegations of misconduct for years, ranging from financial improprieties to excessive force and neglect of duty. An attorney for Sheriff Clardy declined to respond to questions from CBS News but denied the allegations made in five civil rights lawsuits that are ongoing in federal court.

Interviews with law enforcement insiders combined with an original analysis of police data and court records revealed that three-quarters of reported crimes went unsolved in McCurtain County last year and some apparently suspicious deaths were never investigated or reported by the sheriff's office to independent officials — a violation of state and federal laws.

But even after a viral news scandal, a paper trail of alleged violations with audio and video evidence, and calls from the governor to resign, Sheriff Clardy remains in power today.

"Nothing has happened to them," said McCurtain Gazette reporter Chris Willingham. He and his father Bruce were the journalists whose murders the sheriff and others were heard contemplating. "They have to feel untouchable, they're above the law."

Meanwhile, some who consider themselves victims of the sheriff's office have fled town, saying they fear for their safety.

Over a 40-year period, people died in law enforcement custody at a higher rate in Oklahoma than in any other state, and in 84% of those deaths, officers or deputies didn't report their use of lethal force, according to a study published in The Lancet.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/county-sheriffs-deaths-accountability/

 
Helicopters and crop dusters are generally obvious to someone keeping their UAV in sight.

(medical) Helicopters and crop dusters arent usually trying to move undetected.
"We are trying to make the aircraft a little more stealthy," Barnhart said."

How fast can you land a drone at 400 AGL? 

Descend too fast and you fly into your own prop wash and you are in freefall.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_ring_state

Descend too slow and someone flies into you faster than you had the ability to respond.

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"industrial strength, significantly increased, driven by the creation of a Unified Reich".


T**** words on a video post -  Untruth Social.

The true reich is the British Empire.

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"industrial strength, significantly increased, driven by the creation of a Unified Reich".


T**** words on a video post -  Untruth Social.