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TULSA, Okla.–Tulsa mayoral candidate Karen Keith falsely accused her leading opponent Monroe Nichols of voting to defund the police during a mayoral debate hosted by News on 6 Monday night.
Election results during the August primary showed Nichols with the most votes, a first for a Black Tulsa mayoral candidate. Since then, Keith has been working to paint him as soft on crime leading up to the runoff election on November 5.
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Keith, a 16-year Tulsa County Commissioner, and Nichols, an eight-year Oklahoma House Rep., are both Democrats. However, they each need Republican votes to win.
The candidates were asked what they believe should be the top priority for the city’s police force. Nichols, a son of a police officer, stressed the need to recruit and retain more officers to get violent offenders off the streets while investing in quality of life issues.
“There’s a bunch of root cause issues. This is not just an enforcement issue,” Nichols said. “But it starts with getting those violent criminals off the street.”
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Keith began to echo the need to retain officers before launching an attack that falsely claimed Nichols voted to defund the police.
“Senate Bill 825. Monroe voted to defund the police at the state level, at the state Legislature, and I will never do that. I can promise you, I will always have the backs of our law enforcement officers because they...
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