TULSA, Okla. — A white Oklahoma police officer has been charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man whose vehicle broke down in the middle of a Tulsa street. If convicted, Betty Shelby faces a minimum of four years in prison.
Prosecutors allege that Shelby “reacted unreasonably” when she opened fire Sept.
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