Posted at 10:36 pm on September 20, 2016 by Brett T.
On Tuesday, Clinton’s attention and that of several other Democrats was focused on Terence Crutcher, an unarmed man who was shot and killed by police in Tulsa, Okla., on Friday. Police released video of the shooting Monday, and the Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting.
#TerenceCrutcher was shot in cold blood. His crime was driving while black. This is America in 2016.
Our black men are under attack and possibly one traffic stop away from becoming a hashtag. Congress must act on #PoliceAccountability.
Add Republican Sen. Tim Scott to the list as well.
At first glance, with info we have, #TerenceCrutcher shooting looks very damning. Hope truth is found and justice served.
While political momentum gathers behind Crutcher’s death, though, another fatal police-involved shooting has taken place in Charlotte, N.C., and police in riot gear are finding themselves face-to-face with hundreds of protesters Tuesday night.
Police were trying to serve warrants for a man in this complex. They encountered another man who was armed. An officer shot and killed him.
An armed suspect? This might not be a name that shows up in politicians’ tweets with a hashtag appended.
Bruno and Elsa Gillis report that an armed man exited his vehicle and then got back in. When police approached, the man got back out of the vehicle armed with a firearm. Officers then opened fire, according to police.
They add that both the police officer and the man who was shot and killed are African-American.
Only hours later, protests attracting hundreds ramped up at the scene, with demonstrators blocking the street and surrounding a police cruiser.
Small child, no more than 7 years old, just came up to me and said he wanted to "smash their police cars"
Things appear to be breaking up for now.
Police say one officer suffered non-life threatening injuries during the protest.
Eleven o’clock … time for the tear gas?