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How many other excuses will they come up with?
http://thegrio.com/2016/09/29/betty-shelby-had-temporary-loss-of-hearing/
Attorney: Betty Shelby had temporary loss of hearing during Terence Cruthcher shooting
by thegrio | September 29, 2016 at 8:41 AM Filed in: News
The attorney for Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby said that she had a temporary loss of hearing during the confrontation with Terence Crutcher that prevented her from hearing another officer say that he had his Taser ready.
Attorney Scott Wood said that Shelby had experienced auditory exclusion, a phenomenon that sometimes occurs in stressful situations because the person experiencing it is so focused on the critical incident.
Because of this phenomenon, Wood claimed, she did not hear the sirens of the other police car, nor did she hear Officer Tyler Turnbough announce his presence and say that he had his Taser ready.
She doesnt have any recollection of that at all, Wood said.
Wood went on to say that Shelbys actions in shooting Crutcher were justified because she believed he had a gun. If you think someone has a gun, you dont get your Taser out, he said.
However, the probably cause affidavit stated that Shelby reacted unreasonably by escalating the situation from a confrontation with Mr. Crutcher, who was not responding to verbal commands and was walking away from her with his hands held up, becoming emotionally involved to the point that she overreacted.
The video
clearly showed that Terence Crutcher did not have a weapon, that Terence was not belligerent, that Terence had his hands up, that Terence was not a threat, said attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons. When we saw that video, we knew there was no reason for Terence to be shot down in the street.
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)babylonsister
(171,066 posts)Egnever
(21,506 posts)I think it would be hard to prove she intended to kill him.
Manslaughter for sure.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Despite what she says.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)What in the world does hearing have to do with a man that clearly had his hands up. Was she listening for him to put his hands down?
This makes no sense to me at all.
world wide wally
(21,743 posts)brush
(53,778 posts)We need smarter, cool-headed, non-panicky cops not to mention cops who can identify with POCs and not fea/hater them as enemies and expendables.
Black lives matter.
Panicky cops who kill unarmed, innocent people need to go to jail.
No questions at all about that.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)and his empty hands were up over his head.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)I don't see how this would have any bearing whatsoever.