{"id":753072,"date":"2025-11-18T15:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=753072"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:16:20","slug":"long-story-short-former-lawyers-aggressive-tactics-target-oklahoma-school-district-amid-assault-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/11\/18\/long-story-short-former-lawyers-aggressive-tactics-target-oklahoma-school-district-amid-assault-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Story Short: Former Lawyer\u2019s Aggressive Tactics Target Oklahoma School District Amid Assault Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2214946649&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/oklahoma-watch\" title=\"Oklahoma Watch\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Oklahoma Watch<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/oklahoma-watch\/former-lawyers-aggressive-tactics-target-oklahoma-school-district-amid-assault-claims\" title=\"Former Lawyer\u2019s Aggressive Tactics Target Oklahoma School District Amid Assault Claims\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Former Lawyer\u2019s Aggressive Tactics Target Oklahoma School District Amid Assault Claims<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Elizabeth Caldwell discusses allegations at a Coweta middle school and one man\u2019s vigilante-style approach to bring attention to the problem. 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