An Oklahoma lawmaker detained for public intoxication last week is seen on police body-camera footage trying to pressure law enforcement to let him go and is seen trying to use his status as a state representative to avoid arrest.
Rep. Dean Davis, 50, of Broken Arrow, was arrested early Thursday morning at the Skinny Slim’s pub located in Oklahoma City. According to police, Davis was among the bar patrons who were drinking on the patio of the bar after 2:00 a.m., in violation of local law.
Davis, however, refused to leave, despite two police officers instructing him and others to leave. One witness told police she had told Davis and his companions several times to leave the bar, as it was closed, and that they were not allowed to continue drinking on the patio. She says that the “group kept saying they were representatives.”
“There were three males whom were still drinking and did not comply with the first request,” the probable cause warrant for Davis’ arrest said. “The person later identified as [Rep.] Davis became argumentative.”
Davis was asked “two more times to put his drink down and to leave or he could go to jail,” the affidavit says. At that point, Officer Timothy Brewer activated his body-worn camera.
Rep Dean says, 'Dammit I can stay here and drink all night."
Rep. Dean Davis, 50, of Broken Arrow, was arrested early Thursday morning at the Skinny Slim’s pub located in Oklahoma City. According to police, Davis was among the bar patrons who were drinking on the patio of the bar after 2:00 a.m., in violation of local law.
Davis, however, refused to leave, despite two police officers instructing him and others to leave. One witness told police she had told Davis and his companions several times to leave the bar, as it was closed, and that they were not allowed to continue drinking on the patio. She says that the “group kept saying they were representatives.”
“There were three males whom were still drinking and did not comply with the first request,” the probable cause warrant for Davis’ arrest said. “The person later identified as [Rep.] Davis became argumentative.”
Davis was asked “two more times to put his drink down and to leave or he could go to jail,” the affidavit says. At that point, Officer Timothy Brewer activated his body-worn camera.
Rep Dean says, 'Dammit I can stay here and drink all night."
