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Tulsa, Oklahoma – A Black state senator was stopped and briefly detained in her own district after allegedly failing to stop at two stop signs and refusing to provide identification.
Body camera footage from January 11, recently released by the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office, shows Deputy Freddie Alaniz pulling over a Black woman who had exited her vehicle as the deputy approached. The officer initially requested identification ten times, threatening to arrest the woman if she did not comply.
The woman, later identified as Oklahoma State Senator Regina Goodwin (D), questioned the validity of the officer’s claims that she had run two stop signs. Despite her continued objections, she was taken into custody.
According to reports, Goodwin was asked to produce identification 14 times before being detained. Multiple public officials were observed near the scene of the incident, resulting in a single citation for what the deputy said were two separate offenses.
Senator Goodwin’s first court date is in February.
In the video, Goodwin can be seen repeatedly questioning whether or not she failed to properly observe two stop signs as Deputy Alaniz handcuffs her, instructing her to “relax” her hands.
“You’re going to arrest me, and I did not run a stop sign?” Goodwin asked. ” Okay, alright, okay!”
While being escorted to the backseat of the police vehicle, officers can be heard asking nine additional times for her to sit before she eventually complied. Shortly after, Attorney Mike Manning arrived at the scene and attempted to de-escalate the situation, appearing to use Goodwin’s position as a State Senator to her advantage in the stop.
“I realize Senator Goodwin can be a little bit strong-headed at times, but don’t you think … we could write her a citation?” He asked.
The video then shows the deputy appearing to concede, but not before asserting his point of view to Attorney Manning.
“I was just going to give her a verbal warning and tell her not to do that, but her demeanor, the way that she was. I can’t have that, okay?” Alaniz said. ”I’m the one in control of the traffic stop, not her. If I don’t allow other people to do that when I do a traffic stop, I’m not going to allow her either … “
When the two men returned to Goodwin, the State Senator remained visibly upset and declined to identify herself until asked at least six times.
The routine traffic stop lasted 28 minutes, with Goodwin spending at least ten of those minutes handcuffed in police custody. Ultimately, she was cited for failing to stop at one stop sign rather than the two initially alleged. Goodwin questioned the deputy’s decision to issue a lesser citation, suggesting inconsistency in his claims.
Footage of the traffic stop also shows Tulsa’s first Black mayor, Monroe Nichols, and city councilor Laura Bellis present at the scene.
As Deputy Alaniz explained the citation, Senator Goodwin continued to challenge the officer’s actions and the validity of the citation. Meanwhile, the mayor addressed the ticket, saying, “We’ll take care of it.
Addressing the deputy in front of the mayor, Goodwin states, “I just think you escalated something that was absolutely beyond.”
While accepting her citation, Senator Goodwin pointedly confirmed the deputy’s name.
“So your name is Alaniz,” she asked the deputy, followed by, “And what’s your first name?” Deputy Alaniz responded, “Freddie.”
The footage concludes shortly after this exchange.
Oklahoma State Senator Regina Goodwin has been in her position since 2024. Prior to serving in the Senate, Goodwin served as an Oklahoma House member from 2014 until 2024.
Senator Goodwin is reportedly a “professional artist” and the descendant of survivors of Tulsa’s alleged ‘race massacre’ of 1921.
Since the inception of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, the 1921 incident has recaptured national attention several times, often used to cast blame on White Americans for perceived racial slights.
The incident began when a Black man named Dick Rowland was arrested in Tulsa for the attempted rape of a White elevator operator named Sarah Page. Outside the jail housing Rowland, a group of Whites allegedly formed a mob while an opposing group of Blacks formed nearby. While some Whites became unruly, false reports suggested the mob was actively attempting to lynch Rowland. In reality, less than five were arrested for acting out of order before armed Blacks arrived. After a confrontation, gunfire was exchanged, and a White man was left dead.
From there, it was clear some form of racial clashes ensued and left at least 30 dead throughout Tulsa, most of whom were Black. Hundreds were injured, with over $1 million reported in damage, leaving thousands of primarily Black citizens homeless.
Contemporary news reports and previously accepted death tolls are now alleged to be cover-ups. Instead, modern experts perpetuate questionable theories, including claims that the U.S. Army carried out firebombing raids and that undiscovered mass graves may hold thousands of Black victims.
One such proponent of Tulsa’s theoretical mass graves is State Senator Regina Goodwin herself.
In 2021, Goodwin told Essence, an online magazine for Black women, that bureaucracy, and not her leadership on the issue, appears to be the reason no mass graves have been discovered.
“Eyewitnesses have identified where people are likely to be,” Goodwin said to Essence. “I sit on the committee that’s looking for mass graves. In two years, they haven’t looked where we asked them to.”
Ever since, Goodwin’s family has advocated for Black Tulsa victims to receive reparations, a position Goodwin brought into politics.
As a representative of Tulsa in the Oklahoma House, Rep. Goodwin sponsored a bill that would have given Tulsa ‘race massacre’ victims—herself included—access to a $300 million restitution fund.
Though the measure was ultimately defeated, Goodwin has not given up. As a Senator, Goodwin has drafted legislative measures toward Tulsa reparations as recently as last month.
Senator Goodwin often exhibits a racial preference for Black people, going as far as to condemn a new class of Tulsa PD recruits for a lack of Black representation.
“Tulsa Police Dept. – NO BLACK MEN or WOMEN among 25 NEW OFFICERS,” Goodwin expressed on Facebook in 2019. “SHAMEFUL. Again, NO TRUE COMMUNITY Policing!”
Goodwin has also falsely associated White men with the American phenomenon of mass shootings, a nonspecific term often used to describe certain mass casualty events in which Black men are vastly overrepresented.
Black people in positions of authority or influence often show disdain for authority when accused of wrongdoing.
In September of 2022, A well-connected, Ohio-based Black activist with ties to several prominent anti-White NGOs was captured on film berating two White employees in the lobby of an upscale hotel in an attempt to garner special treatment.
Sources close to the matter now claim that the individual is seeking their termination.
According to leaked documents and previously unseen CCTV footage obtained by the Justice Report, the career Black activist even called an unidentified Ohio State Senator on her personal cell phone in what appeared to be an attempt to racially and politically intimidate staff while earning special favor from the hotel.
During the tirade, the activist accused of security of having “White privilege” due to their unwillingness to accommodate ““unreasonable requests.”
Last September, three White construction workers from Missouri were charged with felony assault and kidnapping after they restrained a drunk, off-duty Black cop who assaulted them in the middle of a work zone.
Making matters worse, the Black officer remains anonymous as Black racial activists came out in numbers to demand hate crime enhancements be applied to an already long list of outrageous charges.
One of the three men was held on a significant $100,000 bond, while the other two were slapped with an even greater bond of $250,000.
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