GLOBALIST
2017-05-18 11:00:41 UTC
A jury in the US state of Oklahoma has found a white policewoman not guilty of manslaughter over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last year.
During a trial in Tulsa, Betty Shelby, 43, said she had shot Terence Crutcher, 40, because she feared he was reaching for a gun in his car during a routine traffic matter last September.
Police video showed him with his hands up before he was shot.
The shooting added to a national debate about racial bias in the US police.
High-profile incidents involving African-Americans dying at the hands of police have led to demonstrations across the country in recent years.
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If you have problems with the decision email the jury members,
who ,in hearing the case, found her doing her duty in that
situation.
During a trial in Tulsa, Betty Shelby, 43, said she had shot Terence Crutcher, 40, because she feared he was reaching for a gun in his car during a routine traffic matter last September.
Police video showed him with his hands up before he was shot.
The shooting added to a national debate about racial bias in the US police.
High-profile incidents involving African-Americans dying at the hands of police have led to demonstrations across the country in recent years.
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If you have problems with the decision email the jury members,
who ,in hearing the case, found her doing her duty in that
situation.