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New profile photo by Pharaoh,9. If a kid asks to play with my camera, the answer is always, "YES!!"
#canonphotography
#EOSR3
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A small number of protesters are working the line as supporters of President Donald Trump enter the safety barricade for his rally on
#tulsa
#TrumpRallyTulsa
@tulsaworld
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The barricade gates are opened to enter the cordoned off area of downtown
#tulsa
for the
#trumptulsarally
@tulsaworld
#trump
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Oklahoma no longer leads the nation in incarceration after yesterday’s Pardon and Parole Board hearing where they commuted over 500 nonviolent inmate’s sentences. The largest single day commutation in U.S. history. Republicans and Democrats rejoiced together. A rarity.
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Tulsa Police officers arrest protester Sheila Buck for trespassing after she entered the safety barricade of President Donald Trump’s campaign rally. In earlier photo she was praying for peace and equality.
#tulsa
#TrumpRallyTulsa
@tulsaworld
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Tulsa City Councilor Grant Miller leaves the Tulsa Jail after being arrested on a complaint of domestic assault and battery. More at
#tulsa
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Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke responds to President Donald Trump's accusation that he uses national tragedies for political gain. O'Rourke was in
#tulsa
to tour the Greenwood District, site of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
@BetoORourke
#Beto2020
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The barricade gates to enter the
#TrumpTulsaRally
have been opened and supporters are filing in to the cordoned off area around the BOK Center.
#tulsa
#trump
@tulsaworld
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Tulsa churches declare, "Black Lives Matter." When the City of Tulsa removed a Black Lives Matter mural from Greenwood Ave., local churches began painting the murals in their parking lots. Happy MLK Day!
#blacklivesmatter
#MLKDay
#MLK2021
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More protesters have shown up at the
#TrumpTulsaRally
Law enforcement officers are currently in riot gear guarding the entrance to the cordoned off part of downtown Tulsa where the rally is taking place.
@tulsaworld
#tulsa
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These 3 just worked their tails off to get me unstuck. They fell in the snow. They dug at my tires with their hands. They worked for quite a while in the cold and I appreciate them so much! Thanks y’all. The man next to me is a
@cityoftulsagov
employee.
@tulsaworld
#tulsa
#okwx
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Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and the gang were filming in Fairfax yesterday for the movie based on the book,"Killers of the Flower Moon." (Most of these photos were shot with a 600mm and a 2x.) more:
#Scorsese
#RobertDeNiro
#grayhorse
#oklahoma
#fairfax
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Those educators walking from Tulsa to Oklahoma State Capitol arrived. It was emotional.
#oklaed
#oklaedwalkout
@tulsaworld
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I’ve been doing this a while. Never seen this. A senator (
@SenatorLankford
)going out of his way to shake hands with a server on his way into an event. Luis said no one as done that before. He seemed genuinely moved by it.
@tulsaworld
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The Golden Driller got a
#tesla
facelift today complete with an
#ElonMusk
mask
#tulsa
more at
#TeslainTulsa
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New profile pic by Megan, a TPS kindergartener. If a kids asks to play with my camera, the answer is always YES!! (Also, she thought I was Santa!)
#photojournalism
#eosr3
#canonphotography
@CanonUSA
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Tim Harper with Oklahoma 2nd Amendment association wanted to open carry his gun at Gathering Place. That is against park rules. He was removed from the park and informed it is a private park
@tulsaworld
#gathertulsa
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Tulsa Police officers arrest protester Sheila Buck for trespassing after she entered the safety barricade of President Donald Trump’s campaign rally. In earlier photo she was praying for peace and equality.
#tulsa
#TrumpRallyTulsa
@tulsaworld
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Shooting in Tulsa begins for Sterlin Harjo's new 'The Sensitive Kind' project with Ethan Hawke
#tulsa
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Wilma Mankiller quarter released at a ceremony in Tahlequah - A moving event, and I was happy I got to cover it!
#cherokee
@CherokeeNation
@usmint
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Leonardo DiCaprio films "Killers of the Flower Moon" in
#pawhuska
. A lot more photos here:
#LeonardoDiCaprio
#oklahoma
#MartinScorsese
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Moms Demand Action holds rally in favor of common sense gun laws more at
@momsdemand
@studentsdemand
@everytown
#recessrally
#okleg
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Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke tours the Greenwood District, site of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre more at:
#Beto2020
#BetoORourke
#tulsa
@tulsaworld
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Firefighters continue to work at the scene of the Hodges Bend fire on 3rd Street in the East Village. The fire started Saturday evening.
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Yesterday, I stopped by the Arkansas River at
@GatherTulsa
between assignments. While I was waiting for a feature picture to come together, this guy swooped down and landed in the tree right above me.
#tulsa
#baldeagle
#bird
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Several people were injured when a truck drove through a group of protesters on I-244 eastbound during a
#GeorgeFloydProtest
. (2nd photo) the driver placed a handgun on the dash for protesters to see before taking off.
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If your mom tells you she loves you, check it out. Journalism’s oldest rule. When
@DarrenCriss
told me his name was
@nickjonas
I almost tweeted that out. But I checked it with my daughters first. He played with
@phantomplanet
at
@TheHopJam
good one Darren😂😂
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I don’t know what to call this. Calling it a special section isn’t big enough. It’s 4 sections, 64 pages ad free. Very proud of the work, and proud of everyone at the
@tulsaworld
Get a print copy. 10,000 extra copies were printed for
@TulsaSchools
(thanks
@gkff
& Burt B. Holmes)
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Update and thread: Some of you may remember Brent Thurman. I photographed him lying on the sidewalk in July during the intense heat. He said that security guards from Hillcrest dumped him on the sidewalk leaving him there unable to move.
#tulsa
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Photographing the removal of old stained glass windows from Vernon AME Church, Rev. Turner pulled me aside and told me they were using one of my photos as a reference for a new window. The stained glass company made sure that was ok.
#TulsaRaceMassacre
#tulsa
#photojournalism
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Republican Representative John Talley fist bumps Democratic Representative Elect Mauree Turner to welcome them to the Oklahoma State Capitol for a ceremonial swearing in. Turner is the first Muslim in the Oklahoma Legislature and the first non-binary legislator in America.
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Roofers work on top of the old
#casabonita
restaurant in
#tulsa
. Every time someone does something to this building we get excited and nostalgic!
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Educators are walking from Tulsa to Oklahoma City, 100 miles, to protest education funding. See more at
#oklaed
#tulsa
#oklaedwalkout
#oklateacherwalkout
@tulsaworld
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Mass grave found during a search for victims from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
#1921tulsaracemassacre
#tulsa
#Tulsamassacre
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Jenks players have a throwback logo on their helmets tonight in honor of Allan Trimble. They are also wearing a decal on back in his memory
#jenks
#trimblestrong
#jenks
@tulsaworld
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The historic Vernon AME Church was burned to the basement in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. It was rebuilt. I'm not downtown very often when the sign is lit up. Looked nice this morning!
#tulsaracemassacre
#1921tulsaracemassacre
#tulsa
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Tulsa Police fired pepper balls at protesters as the
#TrumpRallyTulsa
let out. The protesters then marched back to the Greenwood Historic District. more at
#TULSA
@tulsaworld
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A Bald Eagle sits in a tree near the Arkansas River west of Tulsa.(my neighbor Dave spotted it yesterday and gave me the location. Thanks Dave!)
#baldeagle
#bird
#Eagle
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It’s Monday morning in
#owasso
and the Rams are state champs. Stadium scoreboard lit just in case anyone forgot.
#okpreps
@TWSportsExtra
@tulsaworld
@OwassoAthletics
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Eddie Sutton, one of the more accomplished coaches in college basketball history, died on Saturday at 84 - The kindest Big-Timer I've ever covered. He and his family all so nice. RIP!
#Eddiesutton
#osu
#Oklahoma
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Rev. Robert Turner prays at Oaklawn Cemetery during a search for mass graves from the
#1921TulsaRaceMassacre
. You may have seen a gross video of him being assaulted last night at City Hall by a group of people protesting masks. Thought people should see him as I often do.
#tulsa
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Milford Carter has lived at this house on 24th and Riverside for 20 years. Now he gets to watch a parade from his front yard for a park he said is amazing!
#gathertulsa
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@kenklippenstein
Outside the Tulsa distribution facility, which used to be a beautiful pasture. (See next photo too)
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Me: If you’re tired of journalists I’ll move on.
Claremore resident: Well I’ve been interviewed like 5 times.
Say no more. I’ll keep moving.
Well I was gonna re-decorate anyway.
You give quotes like that..that’s why you keep getting interviewed. We shared a laugh.
#okwx
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Oklahoma National Guard member keeps
#donaldtrump
supporters away from protesters outside the
#TrumpRallyTulsa
#tulsa
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Currently stuck on the on ramp to 169 southbound at 96th Street North in
#owasso
Not only is it Un-driveable it’s almost un-walkable. I don’t k ow what the endgame here is. Stay home if possible!
@tulsaworld
#okwx
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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visits Tulsa to plug federal funding of local project
#infrastructure
#InfrastructureWeek
#tulsa
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New profile pic by Kamarion! He is in the infant toddler class at a local Educare. Kid's got a future!!
#photojournalism
#tulsa
#eosr5
#canon
#eos
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The Outsiders house in
#tulsa
Get Tulsa World Magazine dedicated to the 50th anniv.
@se4realhinton
book
#tulsa
#staygold
@OutsidersHouse
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The Southwest Blvd. Bridge/AKA 11th Street Bridge and Riverside Drive.
#okwx
#oklahomaweather
#flood
#tulsa
@tulsaworld
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Cherokee Nation starts administering COVID-19 vaccine to native language speakers as at least 20 die after contracting virus
#COVID19
#coronavirus
#tahlequah
#CherokeeNation
#cherokee
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A scuffle just broke out between Trump supporters and protesters. Someone discharged pepper spray or some other chemical irritant.
#trumptulsarally
#tulsa
#blm
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Aiden,7, stood in his front yard watching the marchers approach. When they passed by chanting, “Black Lives Matter” he saluted.
#tulsa
#blacklivesmatter
#blm
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So excited to see this! I’ve entered this contest for 20-some-odd years and this is the first time I’ve placed. Thanks
@NPPA
!! Congratulations everyone. (Thread)
#photojournalism
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People line up outside of the State Department of Education for the State Board of Education meeting.
#oklaed
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Still baffled by an unnecessarily tense assignment, I entered the
@BATigersBBall
arena. A student hollered, “Hey Tulsa World!” I asked him how he knew I was with the Tulsa World. “I met you at a football game thanks for coming out!” What a kid! made my day.
#photojournalism
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I watched a lot of football this weekend. I covered
#owasso
vs.
#brokenarrow
OSU vs. Tulsa from the stands, and slew of NFL games on tv. This might be the most athletic thing I saw, and it was after the whistle. 5'11" Cole Adams leaping 6'4" linemen R. Fultz and 6'1" J. Smiddy
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Sooners' Sterling Shepard landed on my camera, and I feel bad about that
http://t.co/0wJ3ofvoYJ
#photojournalism
http://t.co/xBoeXjK9Jf
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1) Why does Tulsa’s Cincinnati Ave. only change to MLK Jr. Blvd. in north Tulsa? I spent some time asking people on the street in north and south Tulsa. “Pride and prejudice” is what one woman told me. She didn’t want to be included but these other great people did.
#mlk
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This
#Jenks
student(didn't have a chance to get her name) playing hurt! Got hit by a player while shooting the game. Continued to make photos with a camera on one eye and an ice pack on the other. RESPECT! That is what you call grit!
#photojournalism
#okpreps
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I eat lunch at the Arkansas River almost every day. Why? Because every once in a while...
#baldeagle
#tulsa
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New profile photo by 8-year-old Aiden! When a kid asks to play with my camera the answer is always YES!
#tulsa
#photojournalism
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This man fell off the overpass when the truck drove through a group of protesters.
#georgefloydprotest
#tulsa
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Vernon AME Church was burned to the basement during the
#TulsaRaceMassacre
Congregation rebuilt it and a few decades later, I-244 was placed right next to it. Years of shaking and noise ruined their stained glass windows. The new windows are here!
#tulsa
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The moment Corey Atchison got to hug his mom as free man. He spent 28 years in prison on a 1990 1st degree murder charge. A judge on Tuesday made a ruling of "actual innocence"(
@GoPro
on top of my camera)
#tulsa
#innocence
#CriminalJustice
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Activists placed symbolic tombstones of those killed by police and other historic individuals on the
#blm
mural in
#tulsa
to keep the city from removing the mural. It appears to have worked for now.
#BlackLivesMatter
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George Kaiser standing with the people shortly before Gathering Place opens.
#gatherTulsa
@tulsaworld
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Gary and Rick talking ball during Owasso's baseball game against Union. Gary said, "I've been standing in this spot since before any of these kids(playing) were born."
#owasso
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Brent, who is currently homeless, lies shirtless on a sidewalk at 11th Street and Trenton Ave. Thursday morning. Friends help him drink. He had been at a local hospital for dehydration and was treated and released.
#heatwave
#tulsa
#photojournalism
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Union senior football players honor fallen teammate Juan Cruz. Cruz died in a car wreck last year the night before the first practice of the season. Coach Kirk Fridrich said, “He’s a part of this senior class, and we want to honor him.”
@UnionSchools
@Union_Athletics
#okpreps
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New Profile phto by TPS 4th grader Matthew, the last kid that asked to play with my camera! Thanks Matthew!
@CanonUSA
#eosr3
#photojournalism
#tulsa
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My church, Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, at sunrise in
#tulsa
today. (HDR Composite Photo)
#okwx
#sunrise
#unitedmethodist
#methodist
#artdeco
#architecture
#adahrobinson
#drone
#dji
@BostonAvenueUMC
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