Brandon Hummel’s case became entangled in the post-McGirt legal landscape, as the Atoka County Sheriff’s office initially passed the buck to Choctaw Lighthorse police. Sheriff Kody Simpson now admits this was often “a way to be lazy” for local agencies reluctant to deal with tribal citizen cases.
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