From: NPR
The ‘Thumbprint Of The Culture’: Implicit Bias And Police Shootings
June 9, 2017
NPR:
On a September evening in 2016, Terence Crutcher’s SUV stopped in the middle of a road in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A woman saw him step out of his car. The doors of the car were open and the engine was still running. The woman called 911. Officer Betty Shelby was on her way to an unrelated incident when the call came in.
Unfortunately, the way this night ended has become all too familiar. An unarmed black man was shot by a cop.
In the weeks after the incident, accusations flew back and forth. Betty Shelby’s lawyer tried to defend her fear as reasonable. Terence Crutcher’s family said he was shot because he was black.
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