Quote of the Day | June 20, 2019

“I’ve seen many of you on Facebook posting about your kids, their accomplishments, how proud you are to be their parents. Until you see their face when you look at these numbers; until you see your child being treated suspiciously; until you see your child being deemed dangerous to the point of the use of force simply as a result of expressing common human emotions and frustrations, you do not feel this urgently enough.”

-Tyrance Billingsley, speaking to the Tulsa City Council about the city’s large racial disparities in juvenile arrests [Tulsa World]

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Quote of the Day | June 20, 2018

“Our university has been operating in the red the last couple of years. One would think it might be wise to go in and increase tuition. Frankly, we’ve been asking our students to pay increase after increase after increase.”

-University of Oklahoma President-designate Jim Gallogly, who said the University will hold tuition flat this year while assessing its financial situation [Journal Record].

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