Oklahoma – Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler filed first degree manslaughter charges against police officer Betty Shelby, who shot and killed 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on Sept. 16.  Dashcam and aerial footage of the shooting and its aftermath showed Crutcher walking away from Shelby with his arms in the air and attempting to reach inside his vehicle:

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(Via NBC4) […] Shelby, who joined the Tulsa Police Department in December 2011, was en route to a domestic violence call when she encountered Crutcher’s vehicle abandoned on a city street, straddling the center line. Shelby did not activate her patrol car’s dashboard camera, so no footage exists of what first happened between the two before other officers arrived.
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The police footage shows Crutcher approaching the driver’s side of the SUV, then more officers walk up and Crutcher appears to lower his hands and place them on the vehicle. A man inside a police helicopter overhead says: “That looks like a bad dude, too. Probably on something.”


The officers surround Crutcher and he suddenly drops to the ground. A voice heard on police radio says: “Shots fired!” The officers back away and Crutcher is left unattended on the street for about two minutes before an officer puts on medical gloves and begins to attend to him. (more)

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