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June 22, 2020

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