TULSA, Oklahoma: A not guilty plea has been entered on behalf of an Oklahoma police officer charged with first-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man.
Tulsa officer Betty Shelby did not say anything at her first court appearance Friday, other than acknowledging her name. Her attorney, Shannon McMurray, entered the not guilty plea on her behalf.
Shelby is charged in the Sept. 16 death of Terence Crutcher, whose family sat in the first two rows of the courtroom Friday in Tulsa. Prosecutors allege Shelby acted unreasonably when she shot the 40-year-old Crutcher after she encountered his vehicle abandoned on the street.
Shelby, who is white, told investigators she feared for her life.
Shelby’s next court appearance is set for Nov. 29.
Separately, Albright College in eastern Pennsylvania condemned an online video posted by two white students, including one in blackface who lampoons the “Black Lives Matter” movement.
College President Lex O. McMillan III issued a statement, saying the school unequivocally condemns the video.
McMillan’s statement says the students who posted the Snapchat video on Tuesday voluntarily came forward and have “expressed deep remorse.”
In the video, the student in blackface refers to herself as “Carlisha,” insults “Black Lives Matter” then dances around with padding in her pants, meant to increase the size of her butt. McMillan’s statement didn’t say whether the students have been disciplined. Some students planned to demonstrate against the video, the beginning of the 160-year-old, private, liberal arts school’s homecoming weekend.
Tulsa officer Betty Shelby did not say anything at her first court appearance Friday, other than acknowledging her name. Her attorney, Shannon McMurray, entered the not guilty plea on her behalf.
Shelby is charged in the Sept. 16 death of Terence Crutcher, whose family sat in the first two rows of the courtroom Friday in Tulsa. Prosecutors allege Shelby acted unreasonably when she shot the 40-year-old Crutcher after she encountered his vehicle abandoned on the street.
Shelby, who is white, told investigators she feared for her life.
Shelby’s next court appearance is set for Nov. 29.
Separately, Albright College in eastern Pennsylvania condemned an online video posted by two white students, including one in blackface who lampoons the “Black Lives Matter” movement.
College President Lex O. McMillan III issued a statement, saying the school unequivocally condemns the video.
McMillan’s statement says the students who posted the Snapchat video on Tuesday voluntarily came forward and have “expressed deep remorse.”
In the video, the student in blackface refers to herself as “Carlisha,” insults “Black Lives Matter” then dances around with padding in her pants, meant to increase the size of her butt. McMillan’s statement didn’t say whether the students have been disciplined. Some students planned to demonstrate against the video, the beginning of the 160-year-old, private, liberal arts school’s homecoming weekend.
