The maverick attorney who has agreed to represent an University of Oklahoma frat at the center of a racial uproar will find himself squaring off against an old opponent.
Lawyer Stephen Jones, who is best known for defending Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, once ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate against David Boren — who went on to become OU’s president and who shut down the Sigma Alpha Epsilon frat house this week.
Jones, a Republican, tried to unseat Boren, a Democrat, from his Senate seat in 1990. Boren, who had previously served as Oklahoma’s governor, swatted away the challenge, taking 83 percent of the vote.
In a statement Friday afternoon, Jones said that he was hired by the chapter’s board of directors five days after OU evicted the members because two students were caught on video singing a racist song that vowed “there will never be a n—– SAE.”
“These young adults have rights, and we must protect those rights,” the attorney said. “We want to be certain that due process rights and First Amendment rights of speech and association are protected.”
It’s good to finally discover the real victims.
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