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Tulsa, Oklahoma Police Officer Charged with Manslaughter

posted by martyb on Sunday September 25 2016, @10:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the changing-tide? dept.

butthurt writes:

The Washington Post reports that a police officer has been charged with "first-degree manslaughter" after the on-duty, fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma. If found guilty, she would be imprisoned for at least four years. KJRH-TV has a transcript of the district attorney's press conference.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 26 2016, @01:10AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 26 2016, @01:10AM (#406469)

    And the authorities are taking it seriously. Just saying

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 26 2016, @01:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 26 2016, @01:47AM (#406489)

    Notice how the male drew a taser and the lady drew a gun.

    Just sayin'.

    • (Score: 2) by Entropy on Monday September 26 2016, @06:52PM

      by Entropy (4228) on Monday September 26 2016, @06:52PM (#406716)

      Noice how the "innocent" guy was resisting so much multiple cops are using force(taser, gun) on him. "My hands are up I'm going for my gun in my car!"

      • (Score: 2) by jmorris on Monday September 26 2016, @09:33PM

        by jmorris (4844) on Monday September 26 2016, @09:33PM (#406752)

        Haven't followed this one too closely, but I think I recall seeing some footage from a chopper where the pilot is going "WTF?" and figuring shit is about to get real right before the shooting started. So that tells me anyone with cop training was getting triggered by something they consider obvious about how events were unfolding.

        That said, I gotta go with hairyfeet on this one, this one is most likely a case of the revolution eating itself, an affirmative action hire getting another minority killed. Little girls shouldn't be given a badge and a gun (and probably insufficient training) and sent out into the mean streets and then expecting to perform like men. So a guy is dead and a girl's life is destroyed; who wins here? Since no lesson will be permitted to even be discussed, we won't even learn from a bad example.

        • (Score: 0, Troll) by Entropy on Monday September 26 2016, @09:37PM

          by Entropy (4228) on Monday September 26 2016, @09:37PM (#406753)

          It's just more #blackliesmatter nonsense, really. The female angle is humorous, but when the resisting arrest guy with 5 warrants shoves both hands in his vehicle, and the taser doesn't work it isn't very surprising he gets shot.