{"id":20990,"date":"2026-07-24T17:15:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20990"},"modified":"2026-07-24T17:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:15:50","slug":"osbi-fires-staff-attorney-after-anti-ice-social-media-video-tirade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20990","title":{"rendered":"OSBI fires staff attorney after anti-ICE social media video tirade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has fired a staff attorney after an internal investigation into an anti-ICE social media tirade that prompted widespread criticism, the agency confirmed to Fox News Digital Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Once we were made aware of her social media post, we opened an internal investigation,&#8221; a spokesperson for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation told Fox News Digital in a statement Friday. &#8220;Upon completion of the internal investigation, she was terminated. Since this is a personnel matter, we are unable to further comment at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The termination follows Fox News Digital&#8217;s earlier reporting that the fired staff attorney, Shannon Desherow, had been placed under investigation after posting an expletive-filled video criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and encouraging resistance to federal immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><strong>DOJ PUTS BLUE STATES ON NOTICE AS ICE FIGHT BARRELS TOWARD NEXT CONSTITUTIONAL SHOWDOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/343\/192\/maskedagents.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/686\/384\/maskedagents.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/672\/378\/maskedagents.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1344\/756\/maskedagents.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/931\/523\/maskedagents.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1862\/1046\/maskedagents.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/720\/405\/maskedagents.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1440\/810\/maskedagents.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1200\/675\/maskedagents.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Federal immigration officers\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Federal immigration officers.<\/span> <span>(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">In a TikTok video reshared by Libs of TikTok on July 9, Desherow said, &#8220;Conservatives really think they\u2019re doing something when they say, \u2018Just comply\u2019 when it comes to ICE and United States citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;And it just shows that they really just f&#8212;ing chirp with no understanding of what they\u2019re talking about, because why the f&#8212; would I comply with someone who has no jurisdiction over me,&#8221; she asked in the video.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Desherow continued, &#8220;ICE has no authority and no jurisdiction over U.S. citizens. So why the f&#8212; would I comply with an order given to me at gunpoint by somebody who has no f&#8212;ing authority to make that order? I\u2019m not going to. That\u2019s the f&#8212;ing thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><strong>WISCONSIN TEACHER FIRED AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA POST ADVOCATING TO &#8216;MAKE AMERICANS GREAT ASSASSINS AGAIN&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/343\/192\/DHS.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/686\/384\/DHS.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/672\/378\/DHS.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1344\/756\/DHS.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/931\/523\/DHS.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1862\/1046\/DHS.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/720\/405\/DHS.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1440\/810\/DHS.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1200\/675\/DHS.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>An exterior view of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Building in Washington D.C., United States on January 5, 2023.<\/span> <span>(Photo by Celal Gunes\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">On her LinkedIn page, Desherow still says she\u2019s &#8220;Currently working for the OSBI&#8221; as assistant general counsel. Her TikTok page had been set to private but appears to be public again.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Her bio appears to include a Palestinian flag emoji and reads, &#8220;Lawyer, mom, bookworm, leftist in a red state (views are entirely my own and not representative of my employer).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Desherow, 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.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><strong>DOJ ESCALATES BLUE-STATE ICE STANDOFF AFTER STATES REFUSE KEY FEDERAL REQUEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/ice-agents.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/ice-agents.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/ice-agents.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/ice-agents.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/ice-agents.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/ice-agents.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/ice-agents.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/ice-agents.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/ice-agents.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"ICE agent walks in uniform\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Federal agents are seen walking in uniform.<\/span> <span>(John Moore\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;And an ICE warrant, by the way, 99% of the time, is an administrative warrant. It\u2019s not good enough for the f&#8212;ing Fourth Amendment,&#8221; Desherow said. &#8220;It doesn\u2019t give you access to my house, it doesn\u2019t give you access to my car, and it certainly doesn\u2019t give you access to f&#8212;ing arrest me. I was born here, and I\u2019m going to make it an ICE agent\u2019s problem. I don\u2019t have to f&#8212;ing comply with ICE, because I was born here. And every citizen needs to have that f&#8212;ing mindset. We need to make their lives f&#8212;ing miserable, and that\u2019s exactly what we should be doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">In a pinned video on her TikTok page, Desherow said, &#8220;I don\u2019t want to hear a single conservative in my comment section chirping about Sharia law because of Zohran&#8217;s (Mamdani) election. OK, you guys love Sharia law, you love fundamentalist extremism when White people are implementing it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/charlie-kirk-hearings-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/charlie-kirk-hearings-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/charlie-kirk-hearings-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/charlie-kirk-hearings-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/charlie-kirk-hearings-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/charlie-kirk-hearings-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/charlie-kirk-hearings-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/charlie-kirk-hearings-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/charlie-kirk-hearings-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University before fatal shooting.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, shortly before being fatally shot.<\/span> <span>(Trent Nelson\/The Salt Lake Tribune\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">She also made critical TikToks about Charlie Kirk following his assassination, including one where she said, &#8220;Charlie Kirk inherited the society that he helped create. 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