The parking lot of the Antioch Baptist Church was filled, as was the overflow parking lot at a nearby school.
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Attendees filled the Antioch Baptist Church late Saturday to remember 40-year-old Terence Crutcher, who was fatally shot September 16 by Officer Betty Jo Shelby.
Shelby was released after posting bond.
The shooting of Terence Crutcher on Sept 16, recorded by dashboard cameras and a police helicopter, lead to heightened tensions between yet another USA police department and African-Americans.
Shelby has been charged with first degree manslaughter and turned herself in Friday.
People attending the funeral of Terence Crutcher said it’s been a long week of mourning and they said they are looking forward to fellowship info with each other as they work to come to terms with the loss of a loved one.
Family friend Stacy Buchanan told said that her emotions were all over the place. In one video, a police officer in audio from a helicopter says “that looks like a bad dude too, could be on something”.
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And like several people in the community Diana Cooper-Russell told the station that it’s her “hope they will learn from his life and death and his living was not in vain”. On Friday, the Tulsa police officer who shot him, Betty Shelby, was booked on a first degree manslaughter charge.
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Tulsa resident Wanda Armstrong said she hopes Crutcher’s killing will bring better scrutiny after similar incidents across the country.
