During a town-hall style event at an African-American church in Cleveland, Ohio, Donald Trump weighed in on the officer-involved shooting of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Okla.
A video released earlier this week from a cruiser’s dashcam show Crutcher with his hands up prior to the shooting but the final seconds of the encounter aren’t visible. A second video, from a police helicopter, appears to show Crutcher reaching into his truck, but it’s not clear what happened as well.
Dashcam video shows #TerrenceCrutcher was unarmed, had hands raised when shot by officer https://t.co/z1yh9lfLTt pic.twitter.com/GT3BMeHmlm
— WSYX ABC 6 (@wsyx6) September 19, 2016
WATCH: video of white officer killing unarmed #TerrenceCrutcher released by Tulsa Police: https://t.co/gZMF4WWhE3 pic.twitter.com/woV6GM1yBW
— Power 105.1 (@Power1051) September 20, 2016
Trump told the audience today that he thinks the officer who fired the fatal shot, Betty Shelby, might have got scared or choked:
Trump said he wonders if maybe the "young officer" in Tulsa shooting choked or got scared. "I dont know what she was thinking."
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) September 21, 2016
Trump in Ohio on Tulsa police shooting: "Did she get scared? Was she choking? What happened? But maybe people like that. People that choke."
— Anthony Terrell (@AnthonyNBCNews) September 21, 2016
Trump says he perplexed on officer who shot #TerenceCrutcher: "People who do that, maybe they can't be doing what they're doing."
— Darren Sands (@darrensands) September 21, 2016
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Trump on Tulsa officer: "did she get scared? Was she choking?.. people that do that maybe they can't be doing what they're doing" pic.twitter.com/Eygm2IFXnI
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) September 21, 2016
According to police, PCP was found inside of the car after the shooting:
‘Vial of PCP is found’ in car of unarmed black pastor shot dead by female cop https://t.co/1lxpn7WbC3
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) September 21, 2016
Cops Work to Get Murderer Betty Shelby Off The Hook By Saying Terence Crutcher Had PCP in Car https://t.co/rErFkCOPU7 pic.twitter.com/D8HWVh1kQ1
— Robert Littal (@BSO) September 21, 2016
The Justice Department has since opened an investigation into Crutcher’s death:
WATCH: Justice Dept. opens investigation against Tulsa Police in #TerrenceCrutcher murder case: https://t.co/W06NHCMWuU pic.twitter.com/YT7M8iXXV7
— Power 105.1 (@Power1051) September 21, 2016
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