jeremey lake
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Okla. Jury Convicts White Former Police Officer for Killing His Daughter’s Black Boyfriend
On Wednesday a jury finally convicted a former Oklahoma police officer for fatally shooting the black boyfriend of his daughter in a racially charged case that featured three mistrials before a fourth trial found the ex-cop guilty. Fifty-seven-year-old Shannon Kepler was charged with the first-degree murder of 19-year-old Jeremy Lake in Tulsa, Okla. The jury…
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3rd Mistrial for White Okla. Cop Who Killed Daughter’s Black Boyfriend
Saturday marked the third mistrial in nine months for a former Tulsa, Okla., police officer who admittedly shot and killed his daughter’s black 19-year-old boyfriend. The Associated Press reports that the Tulsa prosecutor on the case expressed shock when District Judge Sharon Holmes again declared a mistrial in the case against Shannon Kepler (Holmes has overseen…