Trump’s latest foray sought to connect not only with voters in Cleveland, home to a large population of African-American voters key to Clinton’s prospects in OH, but also with moderate suburban voters, who frequently hear Clinton describe Trump as extreme.
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“When a white officer shoots a black person, the first accusation is racism”, he said.
The King incident underscored the often clumsy way in which Trump has made his appeal to minority voters. Many black civic leaders and voters have been offended by his dire depiction of life in minority areas.
But she also condemned the targeting of police officers in Philadelphia last week and cited the 12 officers injured in demonstrations against police after the shooting in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday.
Terence Crutcher who is 40, was shot dead by a white police officer while standing next to his stalled auto last Friday. “And he looked like a really good man”. After the footage was released Monday suggesting otherwise, spokeswoman Jeanne MacKenzie said she was relying on reports from officers at the time.
Trump says he’s “very, very troubled” by the actions of the officer.
It was a sudden departure for Trump from his forceful support for police officers, amid an intense national debate over discriminatory policing.
“Our servants, our police officers who are supposed to protect and serve, they shot him”, Tiffany Crutcher, Terence’s twin sister, said at a news conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday.
Sharpton and the Crutcher family say this isn’t a case about a man who’d been caught doing anything illegal; Reverend Crutcher says the video shows his son following the rules he taught him.
The officers surround Crutcher blocking a clear view from the camera and he suddenly drops to the ground.
The White House says Obama will continue to get updates on the situations from Attorney General Loretta Lynch and White House adviser Valerie Jarrett. Then nearly immediately, a woman’s voice is heard yelling on the police radio: “Shots fired!” and Crutcher is left lying in the street.
But what actually transpired on the Tulsa street between Terence Crutcher and officer Betty Shelby remains murky. He said Obama “doesn’t have a clue” after the president spoke about a string of fatal shootings involving law enforcement and several police killings.
Crump previously represented the families of black shooting victims Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown.
Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, called the shooting “intolerable”. Shelby then pulled out her gun and had Crutcher at gunpoint as she commanded him to get on his knees, Wood said. On Tuesday, 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott was fatally shot by Charlotte police officer Brentley Vinson, who is black. Another officer arrived and drew his stun gun, the lawyer said, adding that the stun gun and handgun were fired simultaneously because both officers perceived the same threat.
Trump, who said he is a “tremendous believer” in law enforcement, was careful not to condemn police departments as a whole and did not state that he believes discriminatory policing is a systemic problem.
The Rev. Joey Crutcher said Wednesday in NY that his son Terence knew to put his hands up when approached by police.
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Clinton, meanwhile, was campaigning in Orlando, Florida, later Wednesday.
