Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation staff attorney under review after video of anti-ICE tirade
An Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation staff attorney is under scrutiny after a viral video of her declaring she would refuse to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and urging Americans to make agents' lives "miserable," prompting a state review and a sharp response from the Department of Homeland Security.
"Conservatives really think they’re doing something when they say, ‘Just comply’ when it comes to ICE and United States citizens," Shannon (Hoyle) Desherow said in a TikTok video reshared by Libs of TikTok last week on X.
On her LinkedIn page, Desherow says that she currently works for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation as assistant general counsel. Her TikTok page has been set on private.
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"And it just shows that they really just f---ing chirp with no understanding of what they’re talking about, because why the f--- would I comply with someone who has no jurisdiction over me," she asked in the video.
Desherow continued, "ICE has no authority and no jurisdiction over U.S. citizens. So why the f--- would I comply with an order given to me at gunpoint by somebody who has no f---ing authority to make that order? I’m not going to. That’s the f---ing thing."
Desherow, who, according to her LinkedIn, graduated in December 2016 from the University of Central Oklahoma and then received her law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2020, continued on her rant.
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"And an ICE warrant, by the way, 99% of the time, is an administrative warrant. It’s not good enough for the f---ing Fourth Amendment," Desherow said. "It doesn’t give you access to my house, it doesn’t give you access to my car, and it certainly doesn’t give you access to f---ing arrest me. I was born here, and I’m going to make it an ICE agent’s problem. I don’t have to f---ing comply with ICE, because I was born here. And every citizen needs to have that f---ing mindset. We need to make their lives f---ing miserable, and that’s exactly what we should be doing."
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Digital, "Reminder: Obstruction of law enforcement is a federal crime and a felony. The First Amendment protects speech and peaceful assembly – not rioting."
The spokesperson added, "DHS is taking reasonable and constitutional measures to uphold the rule of law and protect our officers. ICE officers are facing a nearly 1000% increase in assaults against them as they put their lives on the line to arrest murderers, rapists, and gang members."
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said that it has "been made aware of the post and are looking into it."
The video caught the attention of the Oklahoma Attorney General's office, which suggested she should resign.
Gentner Drummond's official X account posted, "The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation's Shannon Desherow does not speak for Oklahoma. Her comments attacking the credibility and mission of ICE do not reflect the values of Oklahomans or the views of the law enforcement professionals who work every day with our federal partners to keep our communities safe.
"Anyone in Oklahoma law enforcement who feels so passionately against our federal partners should resign. Homeland Security, FBI, DEA and ICE are critical allies to Oklahoma and my office as we combat organized crime. An attack against one of them is an attack on the entire system that protects our life, liberty and pursuit of happiness."
Fox News Digital reached out to Desherow for comment.