The police department policy on killing black men still continues despite protest by various groups. The recent victim of senseless police shooting is a 40-year-Old Terence Crutcher, who was shot and killed by white police officers on Friday night.
A dashcam video released today shows police responding to a call at 7:43pm on Friday night, Crutcher was then seen walking towards a parked SUV with a female police officer pointing a gun at his back and follows him. Three officers then run after the pair. Crutcher then lowers his hand into the car, then seconds after, the 40 year old man hits the ground.
Terence Crutcher died at the hospital where he was taken after he was shot.
An independent investigation was opened by the Department of Justice into the Tulsa Police Department's use of force during the killing.
Officers were reported to be responding to a different incident when they noticed Crutcher SUV on the 2-lane road. The police was walking to the SUV when walker approached them. police spokeswoman Jeanne MacKenzie said that he failed to follow orders, she said;
They continued to talk to him, he continued not to listen and follow any commands.
The police chief, Chuck Jordan said that one shot was fired by the police, and a taser was also deployed by a second officer. There was no gun on Crutcher or inside his SUV.
The officer that shot Crutcher is Betty Shelby, who has worked for the Tulsa police department since Dec. 1, 2011. At the time of the report, Betty has been placed under administrative leave with pay.
According to Shelby's lawyer, Scott Wood, she had seen the SUV on the road, but nobody was inside it, she had checked around, and saw nobody. When she turned around, she saw Cruthcher and gave him numerous commands, which he ignored. He did put his hands above his head for “periods of time,” Wood said.
She then told him to stop and get down on his knees, but Crutcher then put his left hand inside the driver's side of the car, prompting the officer to fire her gun.
Demonstrators gathered around Tulsa police courthouse to protest Cructher's death.
Watch the video here: