When Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby shot Terence Crutcher last week, I’m sure that she thought that therw would be little or no repurcussions.<\/p>\n
Before Black Lives Matter protests, and the increasing frequency of videos of police misconduct, the worst that could be expected was that she might have been fired, and then gone to work at another police department.<\/p>\n
Not today. The district attorney charged officer Shelby with 1st<\/sup> degree manslaughter<\/a>: <\/p>\n The police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Friday has been charged with manslaughter, prosecutors announced on Thursday afternoon.<\/span> The video of the shooting is pretty clear on what happened, and what did not happen.<\/p>\n
<\/span> Tulsa County\u2019s district attorney, Steve Kunzweiler, said he had filed a first-degree manslaughter charge against Betty Shelby, the white police officer who killed Terence Crutcher last week.<\/span>
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<\/span> A court filing by prosecutors said Shelby \u201cunlawfully and unnecessarily\u201d shot Crutcher because he was refusing to comply with her orders.<\/span>
<\/span> Shelby \u201creacted unreasonably by escalating the situation\u201d, according to an affidavit from Doug Campbell, Kunzweiler\u2019s chief investigator, who alleged that she became \u201cemotionally involved to the point that she overreacted\u201d.<\/span>
<\/span> Kunzweiler said a warrant has been issued for Shelby\u2019s arrest and \u201carrangements are being made for her surrender to the Tulsa County sheriff\u2019s department,\u201d where Shelby was previously employed.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n