UPDATE: Black man fatally shot by white Tulsa cop was unarmed; Autopsy: high levels of PCP & TCP in blood; cop not guilty

[The Bobster]

http://nypost.com/2016/09/19/black-man-fatally-shot-by-white-tulsa-cop-was-unarmed/

Black man fatally shot by white Tulsa cop was unarmed
By Associated Press
September 19, 2016 | 3:35pm

Police work the scene where Terence Crutcher was fatally shot in Tulsa, Okla., on Sept. 16. Photo: AP


TULSA, Okla. — A black man fatally shot by a white Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer responding to a stalled vehicle had no weapon on him or in his SUV, the city’s police chief said Monday.

An investigation is under way into Friday’s shooting death of 40-year-old Terence Crutcher, Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan said, as the department prepared to release dashcam footage of the shooting.

“We will achieve justice in this case,” Jordan said.

Meanwhile, family members and community leaders who have viewed the footage said it clearly shows that Crutcher’s hands were in the air when he was shot.

Tiffany Crutcher, Terence’s twin sister, sobs while she’s consoled by family attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons (left) and the Rev. Joey Crutcher, Terence’s father.
Photo: AP


“We saw that Terence did not have any weapon. Terence did not make any sudden movements. We saw that Terence was not being belligerent,” one of the rent-seeking nigger attorneys for the fambly, Damario Solomon-Simmons, said at a news conference separate from one police held.

Tulsa police Sgt. Shane Tuell confirmed that relatives were shown the recordings Sunday ahead of the planned public release.

“We wanted them to see it before it was released so they wouldn’t be blindsided by it,” Tuell said. “We wanted to be able to have that intimate time with them, with their attorney, to see if they had any questions or concerns.

“With something of this magnitude, we’re trying an approach that we believe is necessary to further that transparency.”

About a dozen protesters gathered outside the Tulsa County courthouse on Monday morning, waving signs that read, “This Stops Now” and “Not Going, Keep Protesting.” They also chanted, “Hands up, don’t shoot.” One protester, Tulsa resident Mark Whited, said more needed to be done to “bridge the mistrusts” between communities.

Authorities said the shooting occurred after an officer stopped to investigate a vehicle in the middle of a road. Police said Crutcher approached after officers arrived to assist. Police spokeswoman Jeanne MacKenzie has said Crutcher refused orders to put up his hands.

Police say Tulsa officer Betty Shelby fired the fatal shot, while officer Tyler Turnbough used a stun gun on Crutcher. Both officers are white, MacKenzie said Monday.

 

[Arheel's Uncle]

Crutcher had high levels of hallucinogenic drugs PCP & TCP in blood.
He stopped car in road, jumped out while mind tripping that his car was going to blow up. It was like a stand off with helicopter circling above, tells us it took a while before the man was shot.

Killing of Terence Crutcher - Wikipedia

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At 7:36 p.m.[7] on September 16, 2016, police received a 9-1-1 call about an abandoned vehicle in the middle of 36th Street North just west of Lewis Avenue.[8][9][10][11] One caller said: "Somebody left their vehicle running in the middle of the street with the doors wide open...The doors are open. The vehicle is still running. It's an SUV. It's like in the middle of the street. It's blocking traffic...There was a guy running from it, saying it was going to blow up. But I think he's smoking something. I got out and was like, 'Do you need help?' and he was like, 'Come here, come here, I think it's going to blow up.'"[12] Another caller said: "There is a car that looks like somebody just jumped out of it and left it in the center of the road on 36th Street North and North Lewis Avenue...It's dead in the middle of the street...It's a Navigator. The driver-side door is open like somebody jumped out. It's on the yellow line, blocking traffic."[12][13]

Police stated that Crutcher kept reaching into his pocket, refused to show his hands, walked towards his vehicle despite being told to stop, and then angled towards and reached into his vehicle.[14][15][16] Critics have disputed this saying that the driver's side window was up when Crutcher was shot.[17] However, the Jury concluded "It is clear to the Jury after intensely studying the video, still photos, and testimony that the windows to the SUV driven by Terrance Crutcher that evening were open and that the jury believes from said evidence that Terrance Crutcher did in fact reach into the window disobeying the instructions of the police officers on location."[18]

Officers in the helicopter conversed with each other: "This guy's still walking and isn't following commands." "It's time for a taser, I think." "I've got a feeling that's about to happen." "That looks like a bad dude, too, could be on something."[5][7][9]

At this point, Turnbough tased Crutcher, and Shelby shot him.[7]

Approximately two minutes after the shot, an officer checked Crutcher's pockets, and approximately 45 seconds later, someone crouched to offer aid.[9] Police said Crutcher died in the hospital later that day.[1][7] Tulsa police chief Chuck Jordan said no weapon was recovered from Crutcher's body or vehicle.[19]

Immediate aftermath​

Police dashcam and helicopter video as well as the dispatch audio were released by police three days after the event on September 19, 2016.[1][7] Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan called the video "disturbing" and "difficult to watch".[7] The officers involved were placed on paid administrative leave.[7]

Crutcher's twin sister said at a press conference, "You all want to know who that big, bad dude was? That big, bad dude was my twin brother. That big, bad dude was a father. That big, bad dude was a son. That big, bad dude was enrolled at Tulsa Community College — just wanting to make us proud. That big, bad dude loved God. That big, bad dude was at church, singing, with all his flaws, every week."[20]

The Tulsa Police Department started a criminal investigation of the shooting.[21] Homicide Sergeant Dave Walker stated that PCP had been recovered from Crutcher's car.[22] Shelby's attorney had previously stated that she thought Crutcher might be under the influence of PCP based on what she learned during her drug-recognition training.[16][22] Crutcher's father had stated in a 2012 affidavit that his son had a history of PCP use.[22][23]

The police department paid $216,000 in overtime costs for 10 days after the death for services related to increased demonstrations, staffing of patrols, marches, Crutcher's funeral, and news conferences by the district attorney and Crutcher family during which the Incident Management Team also had a command post operating.[24]

Reactions​

The United States Department of Justice opened a civil rights probe into the shooting.[3][19] However, the Department of Justice later determined that no civil rights charge would be filed against any individual involved.[25][26] Crutcher's twin sister said that federal Department of Justice officials told her (in her words): "because of the way the laws are written that it was almost next to impossible to prove beyond a reasonable doubt in these cases of police misconduct and use of force."[27]

Dozens of protestors gathered on September 19 by the courthouse.[3][28] Ahead of the release of the video and audio recordings, the Tulsa chapter of Black Lives Matter held a protest outside the courthouse.[7]

Crutcher's family, protestors, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma called for Shelby to be charged with his death.[28][29]

Autopsy results​

Autopsy results released by the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner indicated that Terence Crutcher had "acute phencyclidine (PCP) intoxication" at the time of the shooting. The report stated that Crutcher had 96 nanograms per milliliter of PCP in his blood at the time of death.[30] The report also indicated that tenocyclidine (TCP), a psychostimulant and hallucinogen which is more potent than PCP, was present.[31]

"Update: Finding of PCP in Terence Crutcher's system called 'immaterial' by family's attorneys". Archived

Criminal charges and trial​

Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler charged Shelby with first-degree manslaughter.[32][33] Shelby turned herself in at the Tulsa County Jail on the early morning of September 23, 2016, where she was booked, posted a bond of $50,000 and was released.[34] Shelby was accused of "unlawfully and unnecessarily" shooting Crutcher.[35] On May 17, 2017, a jury found Betty Shelby not guilty.[36]

Betty Shelby quit the Tulsa Police Department soon after the trial and became a Rogers County, Oklahoma Sheriff's Deputy.[37]