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White Security Guard Charged with Manslaughter for Shooting Black Guest at Tulsa Motel

HeadlineJun 22, 2020

In Tulsa, a white security guard faces charges of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of a Black man, Carlos Carson, in a motel parking lot earlier this month. New video emerged Friday showing Christopher Straight — a former sheriff’s sergeant — pepper-spraying, then shooting 36-year-old Carson in the head. Carlos Carson was a father of three. The killing has put the private security industry in the spotlight amid nationwide calls to defund and hold the police accountable for killing Black people.

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