Judge removes fatal shooting from ex-Tulsa officer's record

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Justin Juozapavicius, Associated Press
 Updated 9:16 pm, Wednesday, October 25, 2017

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The first-degree manslaughter case brought against a white former Oklahoma police officer who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man will be removed from her record after she asked to have it expunged, a judge ruled Wednesday.

But that doesn't mean no one will ever be able to read the case again.

District Judge William LaFortune also ordered all documents involving former Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby's case sealed and kept with the court. The case will only be accessible through a court order and can be destroyed after 10 years, according to state law.

 
Excluding government and law enforcement, which would have access to the record because Shelby would likely disclose it on job applications, agencies won't be able to find the case in a background search, said Shelby's defense attorney, Shannon McMurray.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Judge-removes-fatal-shooting-from-ex-Tulsa-12306047.php

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District Judge William LaFortune

[jaysunb]

1. Now...about that kneeling down thing ?? n/t

[heaven05]

2. white privilege

at it's finest..... murder should stay on ones record for life.....but she is white and she only murdered an UNARMED AA, no biggie right??????? FTS...ameriKKKa at it's finest these days.

[rockfordfile]

3. Tough The rest of America will remember the murder of the unarmed man. Forever.