IDENTITY MISTAKE LED TO CITY ARREST

A man who was mistakenly detained by federal drug enforcement agents
Wednesday night was wanted on two Oklahoma City municipal warrants at
the time of the mishap. Sean Baker, 31, a board member of the local
branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, was handcuffed at gunpoint at a gas station in front of his
wife and three children.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Baker was mistaken for a
suspect who had eluded arrest earlier.

Baker said he was cuffed for about five minutes before being released.
Thursday, the local NAACP announced it has requested an investigation
by the U.S. Department of Justice and plans to ask the FBI to
investigate, as well.

"It's very scary to live in a society that the police can come and do
anything to you that they want to," Baker said Thursday. "They could
have shot and killed me."

Warrants for arrest They also could have arrested him.

Oklahoma City municipal court records show warrants were issued for
Baker's arrest on Oct. 28 and Dec. 23. Both stem from unpaid 2003
tickets for speeding.

Municipal Judge Bill Manger said Baker also has at least three unpaid
parking tickets dating back to 1993.

"If an officer pulled him over and ran his name through the system, he
would've been arrested and gone to jail," Manger said.

Baker told The Oklahoman that his attorney filed for a court date on
the tickets on Friday. He said he was "basically" entering a plea of
not guilty and setting the cases for a hearing.

Baker, whom Manger said had been jailed before on an unpaid ticket,
would not comment on why he waited until Friday to deal with the warrants.