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Panic ButtonA true crime advocacy podcast. Author: Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice
Oklahoma Attorneys Colleen McCarty and Leslie Briggs dig deep into Oklahomas criminal legal system, telling true stories you wont believeand exposing the legal realities of a system that sends more people to prison than almost anywhere in the world. This so called victim centered system often leaves victims of violence to fend for themselves, then punishes them when they do just that. Language: en Genres: Business, Non-Profit, True Crime Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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S2:E11 Vigilante Sh!t
Episode 11
Monday, 21 August, 2023
The music in this episode is “Let it Burn,” by Oliver / Aberson. Find the notes and documents referenced in the episode at https://www.panicbuttonpodcast.com/season-2-operation-wildfire/episode-11 This is the finale of Season Two – we discuss the different measures of justice each survivor got in the courts and we ask: is it enough? _________________________TRANSCRIPTSPEAKERSLeslie Briggs, Colleen McCarty, Marci, Heather, Christen, Karrah Colleen McCarty 00:00This episode contains references to accounts of domestic and sexual violence, violence against women in particular and language that is not suitable for listeners under 18 years of age. We also discuss suicide, sexual assault, addiction and relapse. Please use caution while listening. Leslie Briggs 00:35Welcome to the last episode of season two of panic button operational wildfire. Up to now we've been complaining about a system that fails to hold abusers accountable in a meaningful way. We've spoken to survivors, recanters, law enforcement, district attorneys, restorative justice experts, community advocates, and lawyers. We've reached out to Jim and his family, his business partners and generally tried to find anyone we could, who would give us insight into how these events could have unfolded over three decades, three states and many, many victims. Colleen McCarty 01:12Today, we're going to take you through the survivors efforts to seek criminal and civil justice through our courts. Even where they were, quote, successful in having charges brought the actual consequences of those charges were relatively minor. When Justice was fleeting, or altogether absent, several of the women turned toward each other and employed tactics that may raise some eyebrows when you hear about them. You've already heard about the flyer and the defamation case that followed. But what about the others? Heather, Marcy, and Christen. What justice have they seen through the courts? What measures have they relied on the courts failed them? What should survivors do when the system that's supposed to advocate for them doesn't is raising the village and assaulting the earth? The only choice left? Leslie Briggs 02:06I'm Leslie Briggs. Colleen McCarty 02:08And I'm Colleen McCarty. Leslie Briggs 02:10This is panic button season two episode 11. Colleen McCarty 02:13Vigilante shit Leslie Briggs 02:16It might just be easiest to take this pre and post wildfire that is before and after the flyers. Before the flyers Christen suffered her her violent assault in 2015. And you heard those details in Episode Six. But after officer Rusty Shouse found her in the park bloody and afraid he arrested Jim. Colleen McCarty 02:36Officer Shouse filed a police report and an affidavit of probable cause. And here's what he wrote on 320 to 2015. At approximately zero to 31 hours. I was on patrol in the city of Cleveland. When I saw black Dodge Charger parked up Billy vessel's Park on West Cherokee Street. I gave the dispatcher the license plate information and advice that I would be making contact with the person in the vehicle. When I approached the
