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An Incident at Tulsa

2017
acrylic on polymer clay, wood, paper
box 6 x 11 x 3¼ inches
standing figures approximately 2¼ inches high

On September 16, 2016, Officer Betty Shelby shot and killed Terence Crutcher on the North side of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Police had responded to a stalled SUV blocking traffic; dashboard and aerial footage captured Crutcher with his hands raised in the moments before the shooting. The set includes police and civilian figures, an mid-street SUV, and a police car—assembled fragments of a story still in the air.