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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Tulsa, Oklahoma, Police Officer Charged in Black Man’s Death
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Prosecutors charged a White Oklahoma police officer with first-degree manslaughter Thursday, less than a week after she fatally shot an unarmed Black man on a city street and just days after police released graphic videos, saying in court documents that the officer “reacted unreasonably.” Tulsa officer Betty Shelby (left) has been […]
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Family: Tulsa Shooting Victim was Turning His Life Around
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An unarmed Black man shot dead in the middle of a Tulsa street last week by a White police officer had run-ins with the law dating back to his teenage years and recently served a four-year stint in prison. But those closest to Terence Crutcher described him as a church-going father […]
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Pastor: Video of Police Shooting Shows Black Man’s Hands Were Up
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Video of the fatal police shooting of a Black man in Tulsa shows that the man’s “hands were in the air,” according to a pastor who saw the footage, which is scheduled to be released to the public on Monday. (Screen still from video footage released by Tulsa Police Department) Rodney […]
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, Police Shoot and Kill Black Man in Street
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, say an officer shot and killed a black man who they say ignored repeated requests to put up his hands before reaching into an SUV stalled in the middle of a street. Terence Crutcher, 40, center, was the father to four children. (Family Handout) Police say in […]