TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A White former Oklahoma police officer was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the off-duty fatal shooting of his daughter’s Black boyfriend after jurors in three previous trials couldn’t decide whether to find him guilty of murder. FILE – In this June 30, 2017 file photo, ex-Tulsa police officer Shannon Kepler, left, […]
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3rd Mistrial in Case of White Ex-Cop Accused of Killing Black Man
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — For the third time in less than a year a jury deadlocked on Friday and forced a mistrial in the murder case of a White former Oklahoma police officer accused of killing his daughter’s Black boyfriend, astonishing prosecutors and frustrating the boyfriend’s family. Judge Sharon Holmes declared the mistrial in the […]
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Jury Acquits Tulsa Officer in Shooting of Unarmed Terence Crutcher
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday acquitted a White Oklahoma police officer who says she fired out of fear last year when she killed an unarmed Black man with his hands held above his head. Tiffany Crutcher, center, sister of Terence Crutcher, talks with the media following a verdict in the trial of […]
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Court Tosses Ex-Oklahoma State Player’s Conviction
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma court has overturned the conviction of former Oklahoma State basketball player Darrell Williams, who was accused of sexually assaulting two women at an off-campus party in 2010. In its 10-page decision released Tuesday, the Court of Criminal Appeals said the testimony of jurors at a special hearing last year […]
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Tulsa May Rename Landmarks Honoring Klan Member
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — When Wyatt Tate Brady arrived here in 1890, Tulsa was just a spit of a town — an untidy tangle of dirt streets and a handful of tents occupied by white men seeking their fortune in uncharted Indian lands. A shoe salesman by trade, the brash and ambitious Missourian saw an […]
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Descendants of Former Slaves Allowed Vote in Cherokee Nation Election
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday approved a compromise between the Cherokee Nation and the descendants of slaves once owned by the tribe’s members that will allow more than 30,000 registered voters to cast ballots in the tightly-contested special election for tribal chief, if they haven’t already. U.S. District Judge Henry H. […]