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Tulsa Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man - Terence Crutcher

Tulsa Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man Terence Crutcher | Image: Tulsa Police Department and CNN

Tulsa Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man Terence Crutcher: Tulsa police have said that he was unarmed, there was no weapon in the vehicle, and released the videos showing he had his hands in clear view before he was shot.

The shooting of Crutcher by Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby after his SUV broke down on Friday, was the latest in a series of fatal shootings that have raised questions of racial bias in US policing.

Officer Shelby has been placed on administrative leave and is under criminal investigation, prosecutors and police said. The US Justice Department has launched a separate, civil rights investigation about the use of force by officers.

A lawyer for Shelby has said she acted because she feared for her life, believing Crutcher was reaching into his vehicle for a weapon.

Lawyers acting for the family of Terence Crutcher, the black pastor fatally shot by a white police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have said he posed no imminent threat despite claims by police that he was reaching into his vehicle.

According to reports by the Washington Post, Terence Crutcher was the father of four children.His family says his SUV stalled as he headed home from class at Tulsa Community College, where he had been studying music appreciation. Read full story …christianitytoday.com

 

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CNN Video: Tulsa Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man Terence Crutcher

CNN Video: Terence Crutcher, a 40-year-old unarmed black man, was fatally shot September 16 after officers responded to his car which was left in the middle of the road.

 

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Terence Crutcher with Family

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Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby - Tulsa Police Shooting

Image | Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby

 

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