An Oklahoma state legislator was censured on Tuesday for harboring a person wanted for questioning after allegedly assaulting a trooper and house representative last week.
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted 81-19 to censure Turner.
"I want to make something very clear: I will not allow members of the House of Representatives to use their House assigned offices and official positions to impede law enforcement from carrying out investigations or making arrests in the State Capitol," McCall said."Our law enforcement officers leave their homes every day to serve and protect us, never knowing if it might be the last time, they see their families.
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