re: Police released video of the fatal shooting of unarmed black man in Oklahoma

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The dude was not even a suspect, his car stalled. The police had no right to even be dealing with him.

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he dude was not even a suspect, his car stalled. The police had no right to even be dealing with him. Funny how small government conservatives just bend over and take it when it comes to government murdering citizens.

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Shelby Was Responding to a Different Incident At about 7:36 p.m. Friday, dispatchers received a 911 call about an abandoned SUV in the middle of a street, with the driver's door open and the engine still running, Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan said Monday. The caller said a man was running from the vehicle, saying it was "going to blow." Shelby and another officer were on their way to a domestic violence call when she came across the SUV, Jordan said. On her way to that call, Shelby saw Crutcher standing in the middle of the road, looking down at the ground, Wood said, adding that she would have stopped and checked up on him had she not been on the other call. She then saw the SUV parked in the middle of the street, obstructing traffic in both directions, Wood said. The engine was running when she got there, which she found odd because she assumed it was either disabled or broken down, he said.

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When Shelby approached the car, the doors were closed, and the windows were open, Wood said. She looked into the passenger's side to make sure no one was on the floor of the car, and as she was getting ready to move to the driver's side, she turned around and saw Crutcher walking toward her, Wood said. Wood said that Shelby then said to Crutcher, "Hey, is this your car?" Crutcher didn't respond, simply dropping his head while continuing to look at Shelby, "kind of under his brow," Wood said. Crutcher then began to put his hand into his left pocket, Wood said, adding that Shelby told Crutcher, "Hey, please keep your hands out of your pocket while you're talking to me. Let's deal with his car." Crutcher did not respond, Wood said, so Shelby ordered him again to get his hand out of his pocket. He then pulled his hand away and put his hands up in the air, even though he was not instructed to do so, which Shelby found strange, Wood said. Shelby tried to get Crutcher to talk to her, but he simply mumbled something unintelligible and stared at her, Wood said. He then turned and walked to the edge of the roadway and turned to look at her, his hands still in the air, Wood said. He put his hands down and started to reach into his pocket again, Wood said, and she ordered him again to get his hands out of his pocket. At this point, Shelby, a drug recognition expert, believed Crutcher was "on something," Wood said, possibly PCP. Shelby then radioed in that she had a subject "who is not following commands." "You can kind of hear a degree of stress in her voice when she says that," Wood said. Shelby then pulled out her gun and had Crutcher at gunpoint as she commanded him to get on his knees, Wood said. She pulled out a gun instead of a Taser because she thought he had a weapon, and she was planning to arrest him for being intoxicated in public and possibly obstructing the investigation, Wood said. Shelby ordered Crutcher to stop multiple times as Crutcher walked toward the SUV with his hands up, Wood said.

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his car stalled.

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The police had no right to even be dealing with him.

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government murdering citizens.

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Undisputed facts:

This man was unarmed.
This man made no aggressive move towards the officers.
The male officer used less than lethal force.
The female officer used lethal force.

My opinion:
This female officer is guilty of murder.
Her irrational state of fear is not a defense for the 100% unjustified use of deadly force against an unarmed person.

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very good point

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Nobody disagrees. It's going to come down to whether her fear was rational.

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