Two Oklahoma Cops Who Shot Unarmed Black Man Holding a Hat ‘In Cold Blood’ Try to Appeal Based on New ‘Justifiable Homicide’ Law for Police

Two Oklahoma Cops Who Shot Unarmed Black Man Holding a Hat ‘In Cold Blood’ Try to Appeal Based on New ‘Justifiable Homicide’ Law for Police

Two Oklahoma police officers facing felony charges for fatally shooting an unarmed Black man outside a home in 2021 whose previous efforts to get their cases dismissed have failed are now trying a new legal tack: They’re hoping a criminal appeals court will rule in their favor based on a new state law relating to justifiable homicide by an officer that went into effect on Nov. 1. There’s no disputing that Lawton Police Officers Nathan Michael Ro…