Tulsa Protesters Voice Displeasure With Manslaughter Charges

[NaturalHigh]

TULSA, Oklahoma - Reaction to the District Attorney’s decision to charge the officer in the death of Terence Crutcher was swift Thursday afternoon.

A group of protesters showed up to the courthouse around the same time the DA's news conference started then walked to the jail.

They're with Black Lives Matter Tulsa and said they weren't happy with the decision to charge Officer Betty Shelby with first-degree manslaughter.

“First-degree manslaughter is not right. Not only me, but everybody here in the whole community is seeing it as murder. It's murder,” said Pastor Mario Johnson.

http://www.newson6.com/story/33163302/tulsa-protesters-voice-displeasure-with-manslaughter-charges

[madokie]

1. It was murder

IMHO

[NaturalHigh]

6. I doubt you could make a legal case for that in court.

[MH1]

2. IANAL but don't we know that overcharging is the best way to assure

acquittal?

They may have a better shot at conviction on the lesser charge.

[pangaia]

3. That was my first impression.

[Warpy]

4. That's spot on

They're working both with a legal definition and not overstating the case.

[tonyt53]

5. Exactly.

[Nye Bevan]

7. Yep.

George Zimmerman would have almost certainly served some prison time if he had been charged with something less than murder.

[Abq_Sarah]

8. Murder is harder to prove

At least with a manslaughter charge, there's a better chance of sending Shelby to jail, where she belongs.