Tulsa Cop Found NOT GUILTY In Fatal Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man Terence Crutcher!

by | May 18, 2017 | News | 0 comments

A crowd yelled “Bring her out,…

No justice, no peace, no racist police.

” after a jury found ulsa police Officer Betty Shelby not guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of unarmed black man Terence Crutcher last year.

After nine hours of deliberation the jury came to its conclusion late wednesday and juror #22 was said to be crying they delivered the verdict.
Outside the court house one woman yelled:
“You don’t deserve to die because you’re black,”
 “We need better training for police officers!”
And others chanted:
“hands up don’t shoot”
Police maintained that Crutcher failed to obey commands and that Officer Shelby thought Crutcher was reaching for something in his SUV. The shooting was captured from multple angles on video.
Shelby said that she feared for her life, the standard line of defence with officers who have shot people dead.
Prosecutors said that Shelby “reacted unreasonably by escalating the situation”

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