TULSA OFFICER’S TRIAL FOR KILLING BLACK MAN BEGINS

Jury selection began Monday in the manslaughter trial for Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby, whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black man along a quiet, two-lane Oklahoma roadway last September was caught on video and witnessed by her husband.

The shooting put the city on edge, prompting protests outside Tulsa police headquarters and a call for calm from Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin.

Now the case again draws the spotlight, and a citywide “Prayer and Call for Justice” featuring Al Sharpton is scheduled for Wednesday.

Shelby, who is white, says she shot Terence Crutcher after he repeatedly ignored her commands to show his hands and kneel down.