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Tulsa Police Shooting Case Summary

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On September 24, 2016 there was a tragic incident in Oklahoma. According to the CNN News article, Tulsa Police Shooting Investigated by Justice Department, written by Max Blau, Jason Morris and Catherine E. Shoichet, on September 21, 2016 an African American man named Terence Crutcher was shot and killed by Betty Shelby. Betty Shelby is a Caucasian police officer for the state of Oklahoma. On that Wednesday, there was an SUV parked in the middle of a road with a man running around it and that man was Terence Crutcher. There were two 911 calls made about Crutcher running around his car. The first officer to show up was Betty Shelby. When Officer Shelby pulled up to the scene, Crutcher was walking around with his hands in his pockets. When Officer

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