tulsa police shooting
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Okla. Medical Examiner Releases Terence Crutcher Autopsy Report
Terence Crutcher, the unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white female police officer in Tulsa, Okla., had PCP in his system when he died from the fatal gunshot wound, according to a medical examiner’s report released Tuesday, the Washington Post reports. The report, from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in…
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Tulsa Officer Betty Shelby Pleads Not Guilty in Shooting Death of Terence Crutcher
Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby is pleading not guilty in the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher, for which she has been charged with first-degree manslaughter, the Associated Press reports. Shannon McMurray, Shelby’s attorney, entered the not guilty plea on her client’s behalf, the newswire notes. Shelby did not say anything at the court appearance Friday.…
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Tulsa, Okla., Police Release Graphic Video of Unarmed Black Motorist in Fatal Shooting
Police in Tulsa, Okla., released video footage Monday of an officer-involved shooting of an unarmed black man. Both dashcam footage and helicopter footage show that 40-year-old Terence Crutcher had his hands in the air and was unarmed when he was shot by white Police Officer Betty Shelby on Sept. 16. PBS NewsHour reports that Police…