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.
Newly released videos of a deadly police shooting show an Oklahoma City police sergeant firing the fatal shot from a distance as the Black man ran from officers in a parking lot.
Sgt. Clifford Holman, 36, is charged with first-degree manslaughter for shooting Bennie Edwards in the back on Dec. 11.
The shooting came months after video of the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minnesota brought an ongoing national reckoning over issues of race and the role of police in society.
It sparked more protests in Oklahoma City and calls for the firing of Police Chief Wade Gourley.
Oklahoma City, Okla. An Oklahoma City police officer is facing charges of first-degree manslaughter in the deadly shooting of a man who attacked officers with a knife. Sergeant Clifford Holman and other officers were in a parking lot on December 11, 2020, when a man threatened officers with a knif
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