Police officer Betty Shelby found not guilty in fatal shooting of unarmed black man

[True Dough]

Source: CBS News

TULSA, Okla. -- A white Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man last year has been found not guilty of first-degree manslaughter after nine hours of jury deliberations.

Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby killed 40-year-old Terence Crutcher Sept. 16 on a city street where his SUV had stalled. The video taken of Crutcher's shooting by a dashboard camera and helicopter shows Crutcher walking away from Shelby toward his SUV with hands above his head.

The family of Terence Crutcher burst into tears and reacted with outrage after jurors found Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby not guilty in the Sept. 16 shooting.

"Let it be known that I believe in my heart that Betty Shelby got away with murder," Crutcher's father, Rev. Joey Crutcher said after the verdict was announced.



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Here's footage from the incident:

[turbinetree]

1. I agree with the father of this man that was murdered in cold blood

"Let it be known that I believe in my heart that Betty Shelby got away with murder," Crutcher's father, Rev. Joey Crutcher said after the verdict was announced.

And to the family, Rev. Joey Crutcher...............

[barbtries]

2. this is so wrong.

once again. over and over. black lives do matter you fucking FUCKS

[dalton99a]

3. She will kill more people.

And nothing will happen to her

[heaven05]

4. of course

big sigh and then.... amerikkka is so wrong as a culture, pathetically racist, bigoted and still fighting the Civil War and perpetrating the Fort Pillow Massacre.

[bluestarone]

5. southern state

what else can i say??

[still_one]

8. It has happened in northern states to, including California

[yallerdawg]

6. Technology now provides us with...

public executions.

Judge, jury, execution - followed by "acquittal" in a court room.

Seems a little backwards, but not so's anyone would notice.

[IronLionZion]

7. America's Attorney General will take care of this civil rights violation immediately

4 officers felt one unarmed black man was so dangerous that they needed to make America great again just in case. For safety reasons.

Meanwhile whites open carry, keep guns in their vehicles, point them at officers, refuse to comply with police orders, and somehow live to do it again and again and again, often while high on meth.

When this happened last September, female freepers were claiming this is a win for feminism and that the patriarchy is oppressing poor officer Betty Shelby because she's a strong woman and her blue life matters.

I'm sure the 4 officers felt scared like triggered snowflakes because he was high on PCP (like Rodney King), but he's dead because he's black.

[skypilot]

9. This woman is not fit...

...to be police. I saw a report about his case on (I think) 60 Minutes. One part really sticks in my mind. She described how he walked to his vehicle with his hands in the air and she said he then turned his head to look at her--hands still in the air. She claimed that "This is called targeting." All I could think was that most people would call it simply LOOKING AT YOU!!! WTF!!!

[christx30]

13. Any second, a gun could have magically

appeared in his hand. /sarc

I agree that an innocent man was murdered for no reason. And this woman got away with murder. If you, me, anyone shot someone in these circumstances, we'd never see the outside of a prison again.

[WellDarn]

10. A national failure

Detroit is not in a southern state. New York City is not in a southern state. Cleveland is not in a southern state.

To regionalize the cold blooded murder of black males minimizes what is happening on our streets every bit as much as the "few bad cops" excuse.

From the moment laws are passed to legitimize law enforcement intervention for conduct so broad that intervention becomes completely a matter of the discretion of the officer involved . . . through the STILL popularly accepted notion that people of color, and particularly black males, are inherently more dangerous . . . through law enforcement training that teaches excuses for racial profiling, as opposed to its wrongfulness . . . through the ineffective (usually intentionally) prosecution of blue on black murder . . . through the politicians of all stripes who find some reason to defend law enforcement and to condemn those who are JUSTIFIABLY ENRAGED, to the other gross injustices of our "criminal justice system" . . . through other actions too numerous to name . . . the majority is waging a war on people of color no different than the war it's been waging for almost five centuries.

How much longer do we have to wait before the majority admits it?

How much longer do we have to wait for justice?

How much longer until we defend ourselves?

[SamKnause]

11. MURDER !!!

Fucking sadistic cowards !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Murdered because his SUV stalled.

This country is sick and twisted !!!!

Our government is complicit in allowing this to happen again and again !!!!

This enrages and sickens me !!!!!!!!!!!

Land of the Free and Home of the Brave is a fucking lie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With Liberty and Justice for All is a fucking lie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I offer my condolences and an apology to this family.

I know it means nothing, but it is heart felt.

I am sorry you had to go through this.

I am sorry you lost your loved one.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

12. Her husband in the helicopter: "That looks like a bad dude too."

Why shoot him?! The other officer on the ground was ready to tase him anyway!

[Blue_Tires]

14. How many more of these will we have to endure

before the cops start getting held responsible?

[FiveGoodMen]

15. What possible excuse could the jury have had to exonerate?

Did anyone give an explanation?

[geek tragedy]

16. Oklahoma is mega Trump territory.

So, good chance at least 1-2 jurors were delighted with what the officer did.

[Blue_Tires]

17. So what are the "rules" now? Because I can't figure it out...

Run...................Get Shot
Stand still with hands up...................Get Shot
Stay in car...................Get Shot
Get out of car...................Get Shot
Yell "DON'T SHOOT!"...................Get Shot
Stay silent...................Get Shot




The Shelbys deserve no less the fate than they dished out to Crutcher

[NewRedDawn]

18. Police State now has a license to kill.

Especially if the victims are POC. I hate this country for what it has become! Or for what it has gone back too!

[Blue_Tires]

19. From people I follow:

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[Blue_Tires]

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[erpowers]

21. Dallas Cop Will Also Get Off

This verdict makes me think the cop in Dallas, who shot the 15 year old boy, will also be found not guilty. Just like in this case the boy and his brothers were moving away from the cop. The problem is, just like in this case, the boys were not listening to the cop. Maybe the fact that the Dallas cop lied and it seems to have been proven that the young men were not shooting at him will cause him to be convicted. However, I am not very confident that there will be a conviction.