Betty Shelby, the Then-Tulsa, Okla., Cop Who Killed Terence Crutcher, Is Back Patrolling the Streets as a Full-Time Sheriff’s Deputy

There really is no justice in this world, and as such, a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black motorist is somehow back patrolling the streets, this time as a sheriff’s deputy, even after the same jurors who acquitted her recommended that she “never be a patrol officer again.”

Betty Shelby’s New Job Is Why Cops Won’t Stop Killing Black People

Michael Harriot

8/10/17 1:10pm

Sometimes, being black is like living inside a terrible movie where the world is so racist that it’s damn near impossible to believe. For example, imagine being a movie producer and I came to you to pitch this idea:

Betty Shelby, the Then-Tulsa, Okla., Cop Who Killed Terence Crutcher, Is Back Patrolling the Streets as a Full-Time Sheriff’s Deputy

Betty Shelby’s New Job Is Why Cops Won’t Stop Killing Black People

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