Quinton Chandler / StateImpact Oklahoma
The Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office charged an Oklahoma City police officer with manslaughter on Thursday for killing a Black man who had a history of mental illness.
On December 11, 2020, Oklahoma City police responded to complaints that 60-year-old Bennie Edwards was bothering customers outside a strip mall.
Detective Bryn Carter – an Oklahoma City homicide detective assigned to review the case – said in an affidavit that the first officer to arrive, Sgt. Keith Duroy, called for backup and specifically for a unit that carried a taser.
Police say Edwards had a knife and told Duroy to leave.
Oklahoma police officer charged with manslaughter for allegedly fatally shooting man in the back Print this article
An Oklahoma City police sergeant was arrested and charged with first-degree manslaughter for allegedly fatally shooting a man.
Sgt. Clifford Holman, 36, who is white, was charged Thursday for his alleged role in the shooting death of Bennie Edwards, 60, a black man. Edwards had a knife in his hand at the time of the deadly encounter, but he was shot in the back three times as he ran from law enforcement officers, according to court documents.
On Dec. 11, 2020, police received a call about a man who was allegedly disturbing customers near a pawnshop.
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When we last checked in on the Flea Theater, good things were happening. In June, galvanized by an open letter from a company actor, the members of the Off–Off Broadway theater had called for a racial and labor reckoning. All eyes were on the downtown house, potentially the industry’s prototype proof that, in some places at least, the summer calls for justice were bearing fruit. Then, without warning, on December 2, the board unilaterally dissolved its artists’ programs, cutting loose over a hundred affiliated theater-makers. The shock rippled through social media, shaking free painful memories and (in some cases) decades of anger at the venue. A parody Twitter account (now suspended) retweeted accusations going back years; attempts at healing dissolved. An organizer summed up the current mood: “We will burn it all down.”