A long-time Pawhuska resident is accusing a firefighter of hitting her and attempting to steal her smartphone, this past Friday. Tjuana Kelley Boulanger was in Veteran's Park with her family & friends, including children. She was lending her assistance to a citizens effort to recall members of the local city council and collection petitions. She says that while they were eating lunch in the park, several municipal agency personnel swarmed the park and the Animal control officer blocked the rear parking lot entrance. Two police dept. officers then came in, along with a member of the local fire dept. When Boulanger refused to cease her petition gathering, she asserted that state law bars the city from even creating such ordinances to ban constitutional free speech and assembly; and the right of petitioning the govt. for redress of grievance further guarantees her rights. The lead female officer politely backed down from demands and Boulanger went back to her lunch table. The two officers talked with the other responders and then left the park while Ms. Boulanger wished them a blessed day. But then the remaining firefighter got irritated that Boulanger's live social media video feed caught his image. That's when he started yelling as he crossed the parking lot. The video clearly shows him grabbing at her and attempting to take her phone. He eventually gives up and walks away. The trauma of all this happening to Boulanger and in front of a young girl was clearly impacting. She tells the viewers; "The war is on! If I die today, I die making change."
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