Liberal OSBI Attorney Shamed for Sharing Anti-ICE Video…

I’d like to give a TLO “Attagirl!” to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation attorney Shannon Desherow!

Last week, Desherow became the latest target of the right-wing Internet outrage circuit after Libs of TikTok shared this now-deleted video of her raging against ICE and expletively explaining why people shouldn’t have to comply with the masked secret police force’s demands.

The video contains a lot of bad words, so if you’re into that sort of thing, turn up your speakers.

Maybe it’s because I think any law-enforcement agency that rolls around in masks and snatches people off the street deserves a few bad words tossed its way, but I thought that was pretty badass!

Seriously, it’s refreshing to see someone inside Oklahoma government have the courage to speak out against authoritarian bullshit instead of quietly polishing their résumé and waiting for a promotion that – in Shannon’s case – will probably never come.

Naturally, the video / dog whistle caught the attention of Oklahoma politicians eager to prove their loyalty to the federal deportation machine.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond – the guy Libs of TikTok tagged in the original tweet – was quick to clarify that Desherow doesn’t work for his office:

The following day, after it was revealed she actually worked for OSBI, Drummond issued another statement condemning Desherow and suggesting anyone in Oklahoma law enforcement who criticizes ICE should find another line of work:

Well, so much for law-enforcement officers being allowed to have personal opinions about… law enforcement! I forgot they’re all supposed to just blindly comply and follow orders. Otherwise they need to resign, or as free speech advocate T.W. Shannon would suggest, be fired:

Yep, that’s right. She should be fired immediately for expressing political views that offended the right-wing outrage mob.

So much for cancel culture being wrong, huh?

Wow. Imagine that? T.W. Shannon being two-faced and hypocritical on a topic. He'll make a great Lt. Governor.

Anyway, as a guy who’s been on both sides of the internet outrage machine, I kind of know what Desherow is going through right now. It’s a bizarre, stressful and deeply annoying experience to watch a bunch of strangers who know nothing about you demand that your livelihood be taken away because they didn’t like something you said online.

The good news is that these mobs usually get distracted by a new target within 48 hours. The bad news is that Oklahoma politicians are apparently now competing to see who can help ruin her life before that happens.

We wish her the best of luck either A) riding this thing out and staying at OSBI – because God knows that agency could use an attorney willing to question law-enforcement overreach – or B) finding a new job that better reflects her principles and doesn’t require pretending masked federal agents are above criticism.

Stay with The Lost Ogle. We’ll keep you advised.