Officer Shelby found not guilty by jury. Judge tells jury to save their reasoning for the camera crew – PB/TK
Jury Clears Tulsa Cop In Fatal Shooting, Protests Erupt – By Amber Randall / May 18 2017
A jury acquitted a white Tulsa police officer of manslaughter charges Wednesday night in her 2016 fatal shooting of a black man.
The twelve jurors, nine white people and three black people, declared that Officer Betty Shelby was not guilty of first degree manslaughter charges in shooting Terence Crutcher, reports CNN.
“This is definitely a tough pill to swallow,” Tiffany Crutcher, Terence’s sister, said after the jury’s decision. “Terence’s hands were up. Terence was not an imminent threat. Terence did not attack her. Terence didn’t charge at her. Terence was not the aggressor.”
The jury tried to explain their decision, but the judge refused to let them. They could only declare their verdict, but were free to explain their reasoning to the public at a later time, the judge ruled.
Continue to dailycaller.com article: http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/18/tulsa-cop-found-not-guilty-in-fatal-shooting-of-black-man/
