A harmless black man killed by a white officer in Oklahoma who was responding to a stationary vehicle can be seen in the video of the police walking to his SUV with his hands up before approaching the door driver's side where he fall to the ground after being shocked by a stun gun then shot fatally.
In Tulsa, police helicopter clips were among several clips published on Monday showing the shooting of 40-year-old Terence Crutcher and its aftermath, a man in the chopper that arrives on the scene as Crutcher walks to the vehicle can be heard saying " time for a stun gun. "Then he says," that looks like a bad guy, probably on something ."
The police chief Chuck Jordan announced before the video and audio recording liberation "Crutcher had weapons on him or in his SUV when he was shot on Friday. It is not clear from the images of what led to Betty Shelby, the officer who fired the fatal shot, pulling out his gun or what orders may have been given to Crutcher. Federal and local investigations are underway to determine whether criminal charges are warranted in the shooting or if civil rights of Crutcher have been violated.
Police video shows Crutcher walking toward his SUV stopped in the middle of the road. His hands are up and a female police officer follows him. As crutcher was moving next to the SUV, three male officers appear up and Crutcher seems to lower his hands and put them in the vehicle. The officers surround him, so it makes it harder to see their actions from the point of view of the dashboard camera.
Crutcher can be observed falling to the ground. Someone in the police radio saying, "I think it he may have just been Tasered." One of the officers near Crutcher back a little. "
Then, almost immediately, someone can be heard screaming, "Shot fired!" The head of Crutcher then descends, leaving him completely lying in the road.
After this, someone on the police radio can be heard: "We have a suspect shot down.".
Official Turnbough Tyler, who is also white, used a stun gun on Crutcher, police said.
The shooting comes just four months after former volunteer Tulsa County deputy Robert Bates was sentenced to four years in prison for a second conviction of first-degree murder in the 2015 death of an unarmed black man. Shelby worked as Tulsa County sheriff's deputy for four years before joining the Tulsa Police Department in December 2011, according to authorities. She was put on paid leave.
Crutcher initial moments of encounter with the police are not shown in the film. Shelby has not activated dashcam of his patrol car, police spokeswoman Jeanne MacKenzie, and the ground-level video released on monday came from a second official car, which arrived on the scene.
Initial briefing police said Crutcher does not obey official controls, but MacKenzie said Monday he did not know what he was doing that led police to shoot. Two calls 911 describes an SUV that had been abandoned on the road. An unidentified person said the driver was acting strangely, adding: "I think it has something to smoke."
After the shooting, Crutcher could be viewed lying on the side of the road, a pool of blood around his body for almost two minutes before someone checked on him. When asked why the police did not provide immediate assistance once fell Crutcher, MacKenzie said, "I do not know that we Protocol on providing help to people."
Dozens of protesters assembled outside the county courthouse Monday night with banners reading "Justice 4 crutch" and "Do not shoot."
With relations between police and blacks in Tulsa and uncomfortable, the community has to be the place where change, said Tiffany Crutcher is performed.
"This is bigger than us here. Let's stop here," he said.
Attorney Danny C. Williams said the Justice Department investigation of civil rights in the recovery would be separated from a space if criminal charges should be filed.
Speaking on Monday in Tulsa, civil right attorney Benjamin Crump said Crutcher civil rights committed no crime and officers had no reason to shoot him.
He said Police said the Tulsa drew its conclusions on Crutcher.
"So I think it's a crime now that he is a big black man," Crump said. "My God, help us."
In Tulsa, police helicopter clips were among several clips published on Monday showing the shooting of 40-year-old Terence Crutcher and its aftermath, a man in the chopper that arrives on the scene as Crutcher walks to the vehicle can be heard saying " time for a stun gun. "Then he says," that looks like a bad guy, probably on something ."
Police video shows Crutcher walking toward his SUV stopped in the middle of the road. His hands are up and a female police officer follows him. As crutcher was moving next to the SUV, three male officers appear up and Crutcher seems to lower his hands and put them in the vehicle. The officers surround him, so it makes it harder to see their actions from the point of view of the dashboard camera.
Crutcher can be observed falling to the ground. Someone in the police radio saying, "I think it he may have just been Tasered." One of the officers near Crutcher back a little. "
Then, almost immediately, someone can be heard screaming, "Shot fired!" The head of Crutcher then descends, leaving him completely lying in the road.
After this, someone on the police radio can be heard: "We have a suspect shot down.".
Official Turnbough Tyler, who is also white, used a stun gun on Crutcher, police said.
Crutcher initial moments of encounter with the police are not shown in the film. Shelby has not activated dashcam of his patrol car, police spokeswoman Jeanne MacKenzie, and the ground-level video released on monday came from a second official car, which arrived on the scene.
Initial briefing police said Crutcher does not obey official controls, but MacKenzie said Monday he did not know what he was doing that led police to shoot. Two calls 911 describes an SUV that had been abandoned on the road. An unidentified person said the driver was acting strangely, adding: "I think it has something to smoke."
Dozens of protesters assembled outside the county courthouse Monday night with banners reading "Justice 4 crutch" and "Do not shoot."
With relations between police and blacks in Tulsa and uncomfortable, the community has to be the place where change, said Tiffany Crutcher is performed.
Attorney Danny C. Williams said the Justice Department investigation of civil rights in the recovery would be separated from a space if criminal charges should be filed.
Speaking on Monday in Tulsa, civil right attorney Benjamin Crump said Crutcher civil rights committed no crime and officers had no reason to shoot him.
He said Police said the Tulsa drew its conclusions on Crutcher.
"So I think it's a crime now that he is a big black man," Crump said. "My God, help us."
