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Jury Acquits Tulsa Officer in Shooting of Unarmed Terence Crutcher

by Justin JuozapaviciusMay 18, 2017January 25, 2022

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 […]

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Tulsa, Oklahoma, Police Officer Charged in Black Man’s Death

by Associated PressSeptember 22, 2016January 25, 2022

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 […]

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Family: Tulsa Shooting Victim was Turning His Life Around

by Associated PressSeptember 21, 2016January 25, 2022

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 […]

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Pastor: Video of Police Shooting Shows Black Man’s Hands Were Up

by Associated PressSeptember 19, 2016January 25, 2022

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 […]

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Tulsa, Oklahoma, Police Shoot and Kill Black Man in Street

by Associated PressSeptember 17, 2016January 25, 2022

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 […]

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