Citizen Report No. 1667492243 - 1559538673

John Barbour

Norman Police Department

201 West Gray Street

Norman, Oklahoma 73069

(405) 321-1444

https://www.normano…

Date of Offense

June 19, 2020

Offense(s)

Misconduct

Supporting Document(s)

Statement

CLEET #: 0091967

License Type: Fulltime Peace Officer

License Status: Active

License Effective Date: 02/12/2003

License Expiry Date: N/A

Norman Police Detective, John Barbour, shared a youtube video to the Ward 8 Facebook Page from City Council Woman, Alex Scott's, encounter with the Norman Police at her home in May of 2020 that showed the front of her residence, then shared the council member's arrest record. He and Norman Police Officer Michael Lauderback, posted comments on social media against the council woman.

Norman Police leadership acknowledged that an officer "doxxed" the city council member, but claimed her address was "public information" and refused to discipline officer Lauderback. As of August 10, 2020, it was confirmed that OSBI had opened an investigation into the rape of Scott's neighbor, but stated publicly that the investigation was limited only to the rape investigation.

This occurred just shortly after a Lexington Police Officer, Edward Zaicek, posted comments calling for Norman Mayor Brea Clark to be "hung" in public.

We will not stand by as our brothers and sisters are brutalized, criminalized, and silenced.

We reject a world where the powerful profit from our poverty and our lives are treated as expendable. We will not wait for justice to be handed down from above.
We will organize, resist, and take it for ourselves.

WE ARE NO LONGER ASKING...
#ReformIsNotARequest

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