Another unarmed black man shot

This one is all on video too and the video was released almost immediately in contrast to The Milwaukee shooting where they say they won't release the body cam video until after the investigation.

Video released in fatal police shooting of unarmed Oklahoma man Terence Crutcher

Quote:

The fatal police shooting of an unarmed Oklahoma man with his hands up could be seen in "difficult to watch" video released by police Monday. Tulsa police said one officer fired a stun gun and another officer fired one shot that killed Terence Crutcher, who was black, after investigating his stalled car Friday night. Officer Betty Shelby, who is white, fired the fatal shot and Officer Tyler Turnbough, who is also white, deployed his Taser, police have said. “I’m going to tell you right now, there was no gun on the suspect or in the suspect’s vehicle,” Police Chief Chuck Jordan said at a press conference Monday afternoon. “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.” He declined to take any questions from the media or discuss more details about what he called a pending criminal investigation. Police had received a report of an abandoned car running with its doors open at 7:36 p.m.

Watching the video, the man did have his hands up most of the time, but he seems to reach into his car and that's when they shot him. He may have been confused and disoriented (intoxicated perhaps, but maybe it's a medical issue). Looks like another poster boy for Black Lives Matter.

I'm sure the officer's lawyer will argue that she feared for her safety when he reached into the car thinking he was going for a weapon. All just a tragic mistake. One of the officers is recorded saying "That looks like a bad dude, too," just prior to the shooting.

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