hotel guard kills black hotel guest. Charged with manslaughter

[Demovictory9]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/white-security-guard-charged-fatal-shooting-black-man-tulsa-motel-n1231640

A white security guard is facing manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of a Black man in a Tulsa motel parking lot earlier this month.

The guard, Christopher Straight, was taken into custody on June 6 and charged with first-degree manslaughter for the death of Carlos Carson that day, according to a Tulsa police statement and police homicide unit Lt. Brandon Watkins.

Police were called to the Knights Inn around noon for a report of a shooting. Authorities said in a Facebook statement that Straight had been involved in an altercation with Carson.

"Based on our investigation, we discovered that the victim was walking past the suspect's vehicle when the suspect emerged and sprayed the victim with pepper spray, seemingly without warning," the statement said.

Straight and Carson got into a fight and Straight pulled out a pistol and shot Carson, who died at the scene, according to the police statement.

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The shooting was captured on surveillance video. Lt. Watkins told NBC News in a phone interview Saturday that Straight was sitting in his truck talking with the owner of the motel when Carson walked by.

Watkins said that Carson was "minding his own business" and "wasn't making any kind of threatening gestures or anything like that."

"The security guard just stepped out and sprayed him," Watkins said. Carson threw a cup of coffee at Straight, and the two got into a physical altercation before Carson was shot.

Straight claimed he shot Carson in self-defense because he was being attacked, the police lieutenant said.

"You don't get to pick a fight and claim self-defense," Watkins added.

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note Zimmerman picked a fight and got away with murder.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/white-security-guard-charged-fatal-shooting-black-man-tulsa-motel-n1231640

[Eugene]

1. From other reports, Straight said he wanted to "deter" aggression after an earlier dispute.

From the Washington Post:

Before Straight became a private security guard, he spent 16 years working at the Tulsa County Jail, where he faced multiple accusations of misconduct including racial discrimination, was the subject of four internal-affairs investigations and was facing a demotion when he retired early in 2018, according to federal lawsuits against Straight and his personnel file from the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office.

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Straight waived his Miranda rights in the aftermath of the shooting and spoke openly with Tulsa police officers about what happened between him and Carson, according to the affidavit. He said “that Carson did not actually make an aggressive move towards him to provoke him,” according to the arrest affidavit, and argued that he used the pepper spray to “deter him from being aggressive.” His plan was to detain him for trespassing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/19/tulsa-security-guard-shooting/

[stillcool]

2. the Security Guard had been a cop...

According to the Tulsa World, Straight was previously a sergeant with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office and worked at the jail. He resigned in 2018 amid an internal investigation, the newspaper said.

The sheriff's office did not immediately respond to a phone call requesting comment Saturday.

Three lawsuits were filed by inmates against Straight for his behavior while on duty, Tulsa World reported. All three suits were dismissed by the courts, according to the The Washington Post

and the victims brother is a Tulsa police officer.

[Demovictory9]

3. I'm thinking there are 100s of people who were abused by this man. Thanks for the additional

info

[stillcool]

4. yeah...the article also said..

a few weeks prior to this shooting he was given a citation for pepper-spraying a woman. She later declined to press charges. Guess he has a real fondness for pepper spray. Amazing the ease with which they destroy lives, and face no consequences.