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“I am seeking justice.” That was the reason 107-year-old Viola Fletcher traveled to Washington D.C. for the first time in her life, during a global pandemic, to testify before congress and recount the horrible atrocities she survived at the age of just 7. The Guardian’s David Smith reported that Fletcher…
The Tulsa Race Massacre, also called the Tulsa Race Riot, has been called “the single worst incident of racial violence in American history” by historians. On May 31 and June 1, 1921, mobs of white residents attacked Black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Okla. More than…
State Sen. Joseph Silk (R-Broken Bow) is pushing his “Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act,” which calls on the state to ignore federal law on abortion. And he’s using the argument that states can ignore the Supreme Court because “they were wrong about slavery.” Abortion is “gonna be classified as…
Betty Shelby shot and killed unarmed Terence Crutcher in 2016 after his car broke down. Two years later, she is now actively patrolling as a sheriff’s deputy. Following the trial, in which a jury acquitted Shelby in 40-year-old Crutcher’s death, she remained briefly with the Tulsa Police Department. Eventually she…
Ernst & Young LLP (No. 3 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) announced the appointment of Anita Holloway to managing partner of the firm’s Tulsa office effective March 1. Anita succeeds Cathy Gates, who is retiring on June 30, after more than 30 years of service with EY, including…
UPDATE: 5:15 p.m. ET Sept. 22, 2016 Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiller has filed first-degree manslaughter charges against Officer Betty Shelby with the Tulsa Police Department. Related Story:Tulsa Officer Charged With Manslaughter for Fatal Shooting Seen on Video “In the matter of the death of Terence Crutcher, I determine…
