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'You chose the wrong person': video shows more details of Oklahoma Rep. Dean Davis arrest

Police have released additional footage from the Bricktown arrest Thursday of Oklahoma state Rep. Dean Davis, R-Broken Arrow, that shows him continue to insist officers were constitutionally prohibited from arresting him while the Legislature is in session.

In four excerpts of video footage released late Friday by the Oklahoma City Police Department, Davis, 50, is handcuffed in the backseat of a patrol car, arguing with Sgt. Timothy Brewer, after having been arrested on complaint of public intoxication at a Skinny Slim's bar in Oklahoma City around 2:15 a.m. Thursday.

"You chose the wrong person, congratulations!" Davis can be heard telling the officer, while also claiming that he had been unfairly singled out of the group who were with him that night.

State Rep. Dean Davis apologized Thursday afternoon to fellow lawmakers for an "unnecessary distraction" following his arrest.
State Rep. Dean Davis apologized Thursday afternoon to fellow lawmakers for an "unnecessary distraction" following his arrest.

In an arrest report, Brewer wrote early Thursday he and a police lieutenant were traveling eastbound on E. Main St. toward the Bricktown police station when they saw several people on the patio of a bar, which is against the law after 2 a.m. When police approached the group and told them to leave the bar, three men would not comply, the report said. Davis "became argumentative" and pulled out his wallet to show his legislative credentials, according to the arrest report.

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Davis "tried to show us a credential and stated to the effect of you don't know how bad you messed up(,) you will find out tomorrow," Brewer wrote. "At this time I advised (Davis) to put his hands behind his back."

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A bartender told the accompanying police lieutenant that she told the men to leave the patio several times because the bar was closed, according to Brewer's report. The witness said the group kept saying they were representatives.

During body camera footage and patrol car footage from the arrest, Davis also demanded Brewer call his superiors.

"Your (Fraternal Order of Police) officer and your supervisor need to be called now," Davis said while in the back of the patrol car. "Do you understand that?"

Mark Nelson, president of the Oklahoma City Fraternal Order of Police, issued a statement Saturday in support of Brewer, saying he "acted professionally the entire time."