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Olivia Hooker, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race riots and among the first black women in the U.S. Coast Guard, has died. She was 103. Hooker was 6 years old when one of the worst race riots in U.S. history broke out and destroyed much of a Tulsa neighborhood known as "Black Wall Street." She hid under a table as a torch-carrying mob destroyed her family's home, she told National Public Radio in an interview this year. She recalled hearing the mob use an axe to destroy her sister's piano. For a child, she said, it was horrifying trying to keep quiet. "The most shocking was seeing people you'd never done anything to irritate would just, took it upon themselves to destroy your property because they didn't want you to have those things," said Hooker, who died this week at her home in New York, according to her goddaughter. US Agents Fire Tear Gas as Migrants Breach Mexico-US Border Rodrigo Abd/AP The number of deaths from the riot was never confirmed, but … [Read more...] about Olivia Hooker, One of the Last Tulsa Race Riot Survivors, Dies at 103

The Tulsa World newspaper reportedly obtained Tulsa County District Court documents that detail how prosecutors say Timothy Worthington essentially issued a Christmas Day beatdown on Deputy William Harrell.  The deputy was allegedly punched in the head until he fell unconscious and also suffered an injury to his shoulder, prosecutors reportedly told the court.Worthington was charged with assault and battery upon a detention officer at the Friday court hearing. He is supposedly currently in the Tulsa Jail with a bond set at $163,000.  His next court appearance is set for Tuesday, January 3.LawNewz.com reached out to the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Deputies Office and the Tulsa jail to find more information about the condition of the deputy and the alleged perpetrator, but a woman at the main phone said the Sheriff’s Office is closed until Tuesday for the New Year’s Holiday.  Calls to the jail phone went … [Read more...] about Convicted Felon Charged After Tulsa County Deputy Was Allegedly Beaten Unconscious

Before Memorial Day in 1921, Tulsa’s black community was a bustle of middle-class homeowners, business operators and professionals. Known as Greenwood, the thriving neighborhood was successful enough to include a thoroughfare nicknamed “the Black Wall Street.”But as dusk developed on this particular day, the concern in Greenwood was news of a crowd of angry white men gathering at the county courthouse where black 19-year-old Dick Rowland, a shoe-shiner, was being held on charges that he had attempted to rape Sarah Page, 17, a white elevator operator. Fueled by holiday drinking and a small news item in the afternoon paper, the crowd was building itself into a lynch mob.As tensions grew, a group of Greenwood residents, many of them veterans, arrived at the courthouse and volunteered to help protect the prisoner. Law enforcement officials rejected their offer but did little to disperse the mob. And by the time an even larger group of Greenwood volunteers … [Read more...] about May 31, 1921: Race riot erupts in Tulsa

A man firing a gun into the air in a plaza outside the Tulsa County Courthouse on Wednesday was shot and wounded by deputies after he pointed the firearm at them, according to Tulsa County sheriff’s police.The suspect is Andrew Joseph Dennehy, 23, of Tulsa, according to the Tulsa World and the Associated Press. A sheriff’s deputy and bystander were also injured in the gunfire.Judge Jefferson Sellers told the World he saw Dennehy point his gun at deputies and shoot before they returned fire. The Tulsa World has photos shot by photographer John Fancher, who works at the nearby library.Dennehy was not facing any charges in court, though he has convictions for DUI and reckless conduct with a firearm, the World says. … [Read more...] about Deputies Shoot and Wound Barefoot Man Firing Gun Outside Tulsa Courthouse

A police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, a charge that carries a minimum sentence of four years in prison.Prosecutors charged officer Betty Shelby in the Sept. 16 shooting death of Terence Crutcher, report the New York Times, the Associated Press and the Tulsa World. Shelby is white and Crutcher was black.Video had shown Crutcher raising his hands as he walked toward his car. Shelby’s lawyer has said Crutcher was behaving erratically and did not obey police commands.Shelby had said she feared for her life and had ordered Crutcher to get down on his knees, according to an affidavit. Though Crutcher was wearing baggy clothes, there was no indication he was carrying a weapon, the affidavit says.Shelby fired her gun when Crutcher reached for the driver’s side window, and another officer fired his Taser at the same time, the affidavit says.The charges allege that Shelby “reacted … [Read more...] about Tulsa officer is charged with manslaughter in fatal shooting