Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter
23 September 2016 |
3:30 am
Tulsa District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler says officer Betty Shelby will be charged with first-degree manslaughter for the death of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man shot dead after his car broke down.
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send the coward to guantamo bay, better still extradict her to kirikiri maximum security prison make our people look after am well well.
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