The victim’s sister, Tiffany Crutcher, called for peaceful protests. Terence, a God-loving father who sang at church every week, had enrolled at a community college in Tulsa, where he hoped to earn a degree.
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Big bad dudes, and I don’t know what they mean because they didn’t know who Terence Crutcher was.
“He’s on the ground and instead of checking for a pulse they’re going through his pockets to check for potential evidence and putting down evidence markers”, says Goodwin.
He never was able to follow through on that promise.
In addition to this, in April, Cleveland was home to yet another police killing where a police deputy killed an unarmed black man in the same county that Crutcher was shot; the officer received a 4-year sentence for manslaughter for his crimes. When asked why police did not provide immediate assistance, MacKenzie said: “I don’t know that we have protocol on how to render aid to people”.
Jordan did not release many details about Friday’s shooting but made his comments as police prepared to release dashcam footage of the incident.
An unarmed 40-year-old black man was killed by a white officer in Tulsa, OK, on Friday night, sparking outrage across local communities and social media. Three officers join her, obscuring the camera’s view of Crutcher. Police said she requested backup, saying she was “not having cooperation from the person there”.
Now, Tulsa police have released two videos of the shooting, which appear to support the claims he posed no threat.
“It’s very hard to watch”, Police Chief Chuck Jordan said at a news conference Monday, the Post reports.
“It was a vehicle that was stopped on the road”. Over the radio, an officer can be heard referring to him as a “suspect” – although the situation was initially called in as a traffic incident, possibly involving a broken-down vehicle. “The doors are open, the vehicle is still running”.
Shelby said Terence Crutcher had one hand in the air and one, reaching into the vehicle. He then approached Shelby, police said.
One of the officers near Mr Crutcher moves away slightly.
Earlier, the video captures an officer approaching the scene saying “that looks like a bad dude, too – probably on something”, and ominously announcing it was “time for a Taser”.
Then nearly immediately, someone can be heard yelling, “Shots fired!”. Crutcher’s head then drops, leaving him lying motionless.
At a news conference Monday, Jordan struck a candid tone about the officer-involved shooting that left Crutcher dead.
“I want to assure our community and I want to assure all of you and people across the nation watching this: We will achieve justice”, Jordan said. A second officer says, “Time for a Taser, I think”. She has been placed on paid leave. She was soon joined by three more officers, according to the dashboard video of the second squad auto.
The Justice Department has begun a parallel investigation into possible civil rights charges related to Crutcher’s death, U.S. Attorney Danny Williams, Sr., said Monday. Authorities haven’t said whether he had a weapon.
Crutcher was shot less than 30 seconds after the second auto arrived, U.S. media reported. “And what he got was a bullet in the lungs”, said Benjamin Crump, a civil rights attorney who has represented the families of the slain in many high-profile police shootings. “We need to recognize our privilege and practice humility, rather than assume our experiences are everyone’s experiences”.
About a dozen protesters have gathered outside the Tulsa County courthouse to protest the fatal police shooting of a black man whose SUV had stalled on a city street. As they walked around downtown Tulsa, they demanded further transparency as well as improved training for local police. Crutcher was taken to the hospital where he later died.
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In the video, he’s filmed walking towards his SUV while holding his hands above his head, before placing his hands on the side of the auto as three officers surround him.
