Posted on 09/22/2016 1:46:01 PM PDT by Trump20162020
Tulsa County DA: Charges of manslaughter in 1st degree will be filed against Officer Betty Shelby.
They probably never should have let her on the force. Along with thousands more hired in various departments because they were forced to hire them by the PC Police.
Yep, all the evidence combined with the video added up to a bad shoot.
I believe I heard Betty was only 2 years a cop.
Trump was right. She choked.
Trump had it right...she was very frightened. And perhaps shouldn’t be a cop.
Good luck to the DA.
Condolences to all the families involved.
Their lives will never be the same.
Probably the worst race riot in U.S, history was in Tulsa.
I think it was an accident, and if it was she should have said so
Too much tension for too long, and when the guy was Tasered she accidentally pulled the trigger too.
The entire police dept should walk off the job over this. If they can railroad her they can railroad any one of them.
But it is kind of nice to see a female cop being subjected to wrongful punishment for the sake of political correctness instead of a white male, for a change.
It's time to EDUCATE BLACKS TO OBEY COP'S COMMANDS. This is THE problem! Blacks believe that OBEYING orders from authority harkens back to SLAVERY. THIS MINDSET NEEDS TO CHANGE or these shootings by police will NOT stop.
I don’t see it. Not open and shut against her.
There's a huge difference between a person who is uncooperative and one who is a threat.
Your scenario might well work in her defense in this case, though.
Officer Shelby tells her side of the story:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/tulsa-police-officer-shares-side-story-terence-crutchers/story?id=42243843
That's a LOT of instant blood right there !
What the hell caliber was she carrying anyway ?
Yep, 1921.
There is no way these charges are being brought unless the other three police officers at the seen collaborated with the charges. Not that they sold her down the river. But that they saw something that was not right. And they plainly testified what they saw.
This was a crappy shoot.
I put it in the context of where would I be if I was a private citizen and the shooter? Answer: in jail. Charged with manslaughter.
Tell me this: why did none of the other officers shoot?
Usually you’ll see a video with a bunch of cops, and they’ll all start shooting simultaneously when the suspect does this or that.
How come the other officers with their guns trained on Crutcher didn’t think it was a ‘shoot now’ situation?
Your suggestion is a possibility. If the taser makes a sound when fired, she reacted by pulling her trigger in response. Or she just had a nervous twitchy trigger finger. OR SHE BELIEVED THE PCP’d SUSPECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REACHING FOR A WEAPON.
We got so put down by calling against PC/Aff Act. , it’s almost a forgotten reality.
When will the tox results for PCP or other be available? From multiple labs? The position of the vehicle on the road certainly raises all sorts of questions.
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