Posted on 09/21/2016 10:00:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was troubled by the controversial shooting of Terence Crutcher, 40, by Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby last Friday because he looked like he did "everything he was supposed to do" but was killed anyway.
"I must tell you I watched the shooting in particular in Tulsa and that man was hands up. That man went to the car, hands up, put his hands on the car, I mean to me it looked like he did everything he was supposed to do," said Trump in remarks at a town hall style event addressing African-American issues in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
"And he looked like a really good man and maybe I'm a little clouded because I saw his family talking about him after the fact, so you get a little bit different image maybe. But to me he looked like somebody who was doing what they were asking him to do and this young officer I don't know what she was thinking. I don't know what she was thinking but I am very, very troubled by that," said Trump to applause.
Trump's comments came after he was asked by Rev. Darrell Scott, CEO of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump and pastor of the New Spirit Revival Center church in Cleveland Heights where the town hall was held, to comment on the "recent shootings of unarmed black men by the police."
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I appreciate Trump’s tenacious regard for the truth, but in this case it is appropriate to say that he will be withholding any comment until all the facts of the case have been considered.
We sure wouldn’t want to pour any more gasoline on a smoldering fire until we are sure it is out.
What people forget is that Trump is fundamentally on honest man, who calls things as he sees them.
If this is Trump’s honest view of the situation he is entitled to it
I can’t say everything right... unless they ordered him to go back to the car with their guns trained on him, which would be an odd thing for them to order him to do.
I don’t think this one is as black and white as the guy who got shot with his hands in the air sitting on the ground telling the cops the guy behind him was mentally disabled.
He didn’t convict the cop, he described what he saw and left it open for revision if more facts came out. I can understand wanting him to withhold judgment, but I think he made it clear he was describing what he saw on the video. And it sounded pretty accurate from my vantage point.
Yes, his hands were not up when he was shot, looked to me like he was leaning against or reaching into the vehicle or trying to... and that’s probably what triggered the shooting...
Cop thought he was trying to get into the vehicle for a weapon or something....
This one isn’t as open and shut as they tried to play it initially.
What amazes me is you can ask him anything, and he knows. You can just as easily ask him about who is going to win the NL East, and he’d have an answer. Hillary knows only what she’s told.
The man is amazing.
Has the media been claiming that we should wait until all the facts are in? You know, like the bombing?
Exactly, unlike Obama who took one side in every instance, and that side was always against the police.
Girl cop freaked
It’s happened before
Especially lesbo cops
Something to prove
Lol and they never let my wife off like male cops always do
Exactly
Then HA you need to google
There are several other views out
She got nervous he might reach in the car so she bagged him
Girls
God love em
Obama not only convicts the cop involved in these incidents, he convicts all cops every time, and takes the opportunity to stir up as much trouble and hatred as he can. I can’t tell you how much I despise him.
You won’t hear from all involved
One is permanently silenced
(however....I still love him dearly, LOL).
Leni
What is the guy was reaching in to his vehicle to get a weapon? That is what it looked like to me.
That is a piss poor article written by fembot activists that doesn’t take into account the fact women officers are far less exposed to hazardous duty than male cops
It’s like driving studies that don’t account for time behind the wheel men versus women
Ann Coulter has work on female cops and negligent discharge
It’s not good for ladies
It’s just common sense most of us realize when we see it
We all need to hold back before saying anything...
I’m sure it is very close to the disdain I have for him. But then I had nothing but disdain for him in 2007, and it has gotten worse though even I did not see that coming. Well almost anyway.
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