1. Terence Crutcher
Ansul Patel

2. Context Crutcher was standing near his vehicle and shot
Who: police officer Betty Shelby
When: September 16, 2016
Where: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Why: Shelby thought that Crutcher was under the possible influence of the drug phencyclidine (PCP)
How: Crutcher was shot by office Shelby after what Shelby claimed that Crutcher was not following police commands.
Very controversial since there are videos showing his hands up in the air and complying with police orders before being shot

3. Perspectives Victim: Terence Crutcher Shooter: Betty Shelby
Crutcher’s point of view: standing near his vehicle needing help on his car
Shelby: in route to domestic violence case when she encountered Crutcher who she thought was under the influence of drugs
Shelby will be prosecuted for 1st degree manslaughter

4. Problem Shooting and killing of innocent lives by police officers
Racial profiling and stereotyping
Police are to help and protect people, not shoot them based on their race to kill
Officer did not know what the right course of action was and the officer thought it was the right thing to do, but it wasn’t

5. Solution
Talk to police officers and work together with each other in communities
If a victim:
Talk and communicate more effectively
Obey all of the officers requests
If a police officer:
Be more patient when confronting suspects
Allow suspects to explain their side of the story
Train for racial bias to handle this kind situations better
Using these can help people feel less scared of the police
Using these police can connect to their community and they feel protected

6. Implications Shooting of Trayvon Martin
Was suspected by his look
Resolutions I mentioned would have helped in the death of Trayvon Martin
Suspected by his appearance
Discriminated since he was African-American
No communication between him and the shooter

7. Works Citied
Blau, Max, Jason Morris, and Catherine E. Shoichet. "Tulsa Police Shooting Investigated by Justice Department." CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web Nov < shooting/>.
CNN Library. "Trayvon Martin Shooting Fast Facts." CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 17 Nov < shooting-fast-facts/>.
Holley, Peter, and Katie Zezima. "White Tulsa Officer Charged in Death of Unarmed Black Man, Freed on Bond." White Tulsa Officer Charged in Death of Unarmed Black Man, Freed on Bond. Washington Post, 23 Sept Web Nov < nation/wp/2016/09/22/tulsa-officer-who-fatally-shot-terrence-crutcher-charged- with-first-degree-manslaughter/?utm_term=.6e8a b>
LaCapria, Kim. "Terence Crutcher Shooting: What We Know." Snopes. Snopes, Web. 17 Nov < shooting-what-we-know/>.