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Video: The shooting of Terence Crutcher; Shot and Killed by Cops While He Had His Hands Up
Hotair ^ | 09/20/2016 | AllahPundit

Posted on 09/20/2016 9:28:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 09/20/2016 9:28:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The presence of 4 officers and a helicopter means there has to be more to this story...


2 posted on 09/20/2016 9:31:07 AM PDT by lacrew
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To: SeekAndFind

Women cops far more likely to shoot because being weaker and smaller, more situations can be claimed “they fear for their lives”.


3 posted on 09/20/2016 9:31:17 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Not saying the cops are blameless here, but ....why would you ever disobey a cops order when they have guns trained on you? Not smart.


4 posted on 09/20/2016 9:31:34 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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Sorry, after the behavior of the BLM types I have better things to do than scrutinize crappy video trying to determine if the police acted appropriately. Those days are gone. I don’t care.


5 posted on 09/20/2016 9:32:28 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: SeekAndFind

And once again...

If he had done what the officers had told him to do he would be alive.

Backing up to your vehicle, and then reaching into it when they are ordering you to surrender is not behaviour that will make them love you more.


6 posted on 09/20/2016 9:33:08 AM PDT by Mr. K (<a href="https://imgflip.com/i/1adpjl"><img src="https://i.imgflip.com/1adpjl.jpg" title="made at im)
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To: SeekAndFind

The video does raise questions. Will be interesting to see the body cameras. If erased, that raises big red flags. Very suspicious overall.


7 posted on 09/20/2016 9:33:58 AM PDT by Reno89519 (It is very simple, Trump/Pence or Clinton/Kaine. Good riddance Lyn' Ted, we regret ever knowing you)
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Some say drugs, others....aliens. ;^)


8 posted on 09/20/2016 9:34:01 AM PDT by TheDon (BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
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To: SeekAndFind

If she committed murder, then charge her with murder. If the taser cop committed assault with the taster, then charge him with assault.

At such time as charges are filed, I will consider evidence presented.

Until such time, I don’t care at all.

No, I am not going to be whipped into a frenzy, because it’s real damn easy to survive an encounter with police.


9 posted on 09/20/2016 9:37:17 AM PDT by chris37 (How do you make Republicans turn on their own candidate? Sneak up behind them and say "Boo".)
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Not saying the cops are blameless here, but ....why would you ever disobey a cops order when they have guns trained on you? Not smart.

Trouble is, sometimes you have 4 different cops shouting contradictory demands at the same time. Who do you obey, if you can't obey all of them simultaneously?

10 posted on 09/20/2016 9:38:05 AM PDT by zeugma (Welcome to the "interesting times" you were warned about.)
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Yeah ... lots of questions. First one that came to my mind was why was Crutcher going back to his vehicle? Was he asked to? Or was he being belligerent and doing that against orders?


11 posted on 09/20/2016 9:38:47 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Let the facts be revealed


12 posted on 09/20/2016 9:38:55 AM PDT by stocksthatgoup (when the MSM wants your opinion, they will give it to you)
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From the video I saw, the guy appeared to be standing and reaching into the vehicle.... there was chopper video that seemed to show that was the circumstance.


13 posted on 09/20/2016 9:39:12 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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We have a woman cop in Tacoma, WA who was completely white-washed of a bad shoot by the cronies downtown. This place is so crooked, I want nothing to do with anyone in any position of “authority.”


14 posted on 09/20/2016 9:40:49 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (This posting is a microaggression.)
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To: lacrew

The presence of 4 officers and a helicopter means there has to be more to this story...

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Yep. The crooked media’s narrative is that he had his hands up and he was unarmed. I doubt the police knew he was unarmed, and it’s questionable as to whether his right hand was up when he was shot.

The judicial standard is the totality of the circumstances must be considered, which we simply don’t know. I hope people don’t fall for the media’s narrative.


15 posted on 09/20/2016 9:41:37 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: wastoute

We have to separate the good cops from those who are just waiting for an excuse to shoot somebody.A murderer is still a murderer,doesn’t matter if he’s a BLM or wears a Blue uniform.


16 posted on 09/20/2016 9:42:55 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (Stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

3 police cars and a helicopter.
Suspect casually (though hands up) wanders away from officer pointing a gun at him (presumably screaming “don’t move, get down”), and over to his vehicle window.
Unclear exactly what happened in the end, but suspect clearly acted to escalate tensions to the point of a furtive movement validating a shooting. May have been a bad shoot, arguably explained by the taser shot triggering the gunshot (if multiple cops are pointing guns at a suspect, and one shoots, understandable if the others shoot too).

Based on this little, looks like another argument against “non-lethal” weapons. Initiating “non-lethal” force in the presence of hair-trigger lethal force (chambered, sights on target, finger on trigger) may prompt the latter.


17 posted on 09/20/2016 9:45:31 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Theres a well known vid out on youtube of a woman cop firing at a non struggling handcuffed guy on the ground. Others are out there too.


18 posted on 09/20/2016 9:45:46 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Must be GREAT to be Allahpundit, knowing how to deal with life or death situations and all circumstances.

Why did he ever get into scribbling opinions for a living? He should have been in charge of training police nation wide.


19 posted on 09/20/2016 9:45:50 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SeekAndFind

Act hinky.

Get treated hinky


20 posted on 09/20/2016 9:47:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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