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Tulsa World’s investigation of OHP's fatal pursuits uncovered reckless trooper actions and false or misleading statements, shoddy record-keeping, failure to address “alarming” concerns, and unwillingness to formally review several chases.
Hamlet never expected to say goodbye to his brother so soon. He said hours before the pursuit and crash, his brother and his brother’s girlfriend were driving around in their grandmother's SUV and picked him up. “They had taken the car for a joyride, planning to return it from what he told me,” said Hamlet. But when a trooper attempted to stop the teenager, he took off. “I told my brother to turn and go back to my grandma’s,” said Hamlet. “He got scared and turned the opposite direction.” At one point Hamlet said he tried to take the wheel but instead his brother contin...