A white police officer in the southern city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American man, US news reports said Thursday. Officer Betty Shelby was charged in September with killing Terence Crutcher, whose car had broken down on a Tulsa street. A jury deliberated for nine … Read more
Hillary Clinton told a majority-black church in North Carolina on Sunday that she knows her grandchildren are growing up in a different world than many black youth in the U. S. who are concerned about police shootings and gun violence in their communities. The Democratic presidential nominee’s remarks at the Little Rock AME Zion Church … Read more
A police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been charged with manslaughter, a prosecutor has said. District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler has filed first-degree manslaughter charges against Officer Betty Shelby. Ms Shelby shot and killed Terence Crutcher, 40, last week while he was standing next to his broken-down car. She … Read more
A North Carolina police chief says video of a fatal officer shooting does not provide “definitive” evidence the black man who died was pointing a gun. But Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said the “totality of all of the other evidence” supports the police version of events. Chief Putney said the video would be shown … Read more
An unarmed black man walks on a Tulsa, Oklahoma, road with his hands in the air. An unarmed black man walks on a Tulsa, Oklahoma, road with his hands in the air. Police officers follow closely behind him as he approaches his vehicle. He stands beside the car, then falls to the ground after one … Read more
The head of police in Tulsa in the US state of Oklahoma says a black man shot dead by officers on Friday was unarmed. Authorities are investigating the death of Terence Crutcher, 40, who had his hands in the air when he was shot next to his car, relatives say. Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan … Read more