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Betty Shelby Found Not Guilty in Shooting Death of Unarmed Black Motorist Terence Crutcher
The jury in the trial of Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby deliberated for nine hours Wednesday before finding her not guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Terence Crutcher. KTUL reports that the Crutcher family is expected to address the media with the district attorney after a brief meeting. Crutcher’s…
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Closing Arguments to Begin in Trial of Tulsa, Okla., Officer Who Killed Terence Crutcher
The manslaughter trial of Betty Shelby—the Tulsa, Okla., police officer who fatally shot Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man—is slowly coming to an end, with closing arguments scheduled to begin Wednesday. As Reuters notes, Shelby, 43, faces four years to life in prison if convicted of manslaughter for the September 2016 shooting death of Crutcher,…