Terence Crutcher

[heironymouspasparagus]

Aaaaaand, at some point that evening, Crutcher stopped long enough to snort some PCP and put himself and others at danger with his hallucinations.

But not Shelby.  As was shown by the video.

[patric]

I'll be very blunt here.  Walton is an idiot.  This was a straight PR move.

Do we see a pattern?


Brown now has a new badge, working as a detention officer for the Rogers County Jail. Sheriff Scott Walton hired Brown after seeing the posts in question.
https://ktul.com/news/local/ex-officer-accused-of-racist-social-media-posts-finds-a-new-job

https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/recent-tulsa-police-academy-graduate-fired-after-anti-government-islamophobic/article_ac778ffc-a487-55a0-882f-85ee50b8dec2.html

[heironymouspasparagus]

Do we see a pattern?


Brown now has a new badge, working as a detention officer for the Rogers County Jail. Sheriff Scott Walton hired Brown after seeing the posts in question.
https://ktul.com/news/local/ex-officer-accused-of-racist-social-media-posts-finds-a-new-job

https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/recent-tulsa-police-academy-graduate-fired-after-anti-government-islamophobic/article_ac778ffc-a487-55a0-882f-85ee50b8dec2.html

Always has been the pattern of Rogers County.  For at least since statehood.  Probably before.

[patric]

Always has been the pattern of Rogers County.  For at least since statehood.  Probably before.

Walton said Brown's firing after the department received complaints was an "example of spineless, coward leadership." He compared Brown's firing to how he felt the Tulsa Police Department treated former officer Betty Shelby.
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/rogers-county-sheriff-scott-walton-calls-out-tulsa-county-da/article_57b3ae2c-b34b-54b0-9fbf-b622c46f3f77.html

https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/fired-tulsa-police-officer-hired-as-detention-officer-in-rogers/article_1e781846-d43d-5b3d-947b-59eb54c1d986.html

Maybe it will play out as a new "reality" cop show on A&E...

[heironymouspasparagus]

Walton said Brown's firing after the department received complaints was an "example of spineless, coward leadership." He compared Brown's firing to how he felt the Tulsa Police Department treated former officer Betty Shelby.
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/rogers-county-sheriff-scott-walton-calls-out-tulsa-county-da/article_57b3ae2c-b34b-54b0-9fbf-b622c46f3f77.html

https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/fired-tulsa-police-officer-hired-as-detention-officer-in-rogers/article_1e781846-d43d-5b3d-947b-59eb54c1d986.html

Maybe it will play out as a new "reality" cop show on A&E...

I'm guessing they deserve each other...

[patric]

Always has been the pattern of Rogers County.  For at least since statehood.  Probably before.

The Rogers County Sheriff's Office is failing its residents.
https://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/columnists/kendrick-marshall-who-is-being-served-in-rogers-county/article_233f9a70-1ab0-5e3c-aad9-784940ac7a74.html

Understanding that this mentality is prevalent among law enforcement officers, what message does Walton's defense of Brown send to all people of Rogers County? What are they to think of an entity that would compromise its relationship with citizens, especially minorities, to protect the reputation of a disgraced officer?
But Walton has proven he is no respecter of optics as it relates to hiring ex-Tulsa police officers who exited the department with baggage in tow.

https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/ex-tpd-officer-fired-anti-islam-anti-government-facebook-posts-suing-city-tulsa

[heironymouspasparagus]

I'm betting his next 'new hire' will be that Ft Worth cop who went to the woman's house a few days ago to kill her.  And did.

[Ed W]

That guy was arrested and charged with murder yesterday.

[patric]

That guy was arrested and charged with murder yesterday.

"I get it. We're trying to train our officers better, we're trying to shore up our policies, trying to ensure they act and react the way the citizens intend them to - that they act and react with a servant's heart, instead of a warrior's heart."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fort-worth-police-officer-aaron-dean-resigns-today-after-fatally-shooting-atatiana-jefferson-in-her-home-2019-10-14/



The "war on cops" rhetoric perverts the mental calculations officers make in volatile moments by weighting them toward violence. When you're inundated with messages that you're perpetually under attack, every gesture starts to look furtive, every twitch looks like a killer reaching for his waistband. And when officers make these sorts of mistakes, we tend to reward them for their courage, which only reinforces the "shoot first" state of mind.

But often, courage is holding your fire. Courage is absorbing the risk of waiting an extra moment or two to gather more information before making a decision that may well save yourself but could also do irreparable harm to an innocent person. Courage is taking the extra seconds to learn that the "gun" you feared is actually a toy, or a cellphone, or a video-game controller. Or that the person you've mistaken for a threat has made the mistake about you. Courage is accepting the risk of not shooting the silhouette in the window, even though it might be a threat — because it's much more likely that it isn't.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/14/atatiana-jefferson-was-victim-war-cops-rhetoric/

That "training" should be banned, period.

[heironymouspasparagus]

That guy was arrested and charged with murder yesterday.

After he gets out, Walton will be looking him up...

[patric]

Terrence Crutcher Foundation offers free meals to 'health care heroes,' first responders, city sanitation workers
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/terrence-crutcher-foundation-offers-free-meals-to-health-care-heroes-first-responders-city-sanitation-workers/article_f9459886-dae3-546c-a4c8-6dd73a75d565.html

"Health care heroes," first responders and city sanitation workers can have free lunch at select north Tulsa, black-owned businesses this week thanks to the Terrence Crutcher Foundation.

"The Terence Crutcher Foundation is thankful beyond words for the selflessness of our frontline heroes and is committed as an organization to joining alongside our fellow Tulsans in showing our gratitude and support for them in this difficult time," a news release states.

The foundation partnered with Tulsa City Councilor Vanessa Hall-Harper and the George Kaiser Family Foundation to provide the lunches at different restaurants Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The foundation will provide free lunches for up to 100 workers a day at the following locations:

Tuesday: Wanda J's, 111 N. Greenwood Ave., beginning at 11 a.m.

Wednesday: Retro Grill & Bar, 800 N. Peoria Ave., beginning at 11 a.m.

Thursday: Mack's Wings, 783 E. Pine St., beginning at noon.

Health care workers, first responders and city sanitation workers need only present their work ID badges when ordering or upon pickup.

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GREENWOOD Dist. – The officer who fatally shot Black Tulsa resident Terence Crutcher will not face retribution for the 2016 slaying. A federal judge dismissed a civil lawsuit filed by Crutcher's estate against Officer Betty Shelby and the City of Tulsa on Monday.

On September 16, 2016, 40-year-old Terence Crutcher was experiencing car troubles on a Tulsa street. Former Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby was responding to a domestic disturbance call when she found Crutcher's car stalled in the roadway on 36th Street and Lewis Avenue in North Tulsa, a predominately Black neighborhood.

Crutcher was approaching the vehicle when Shelby shouted orders at him to show his hands. Shortly after the incident began, a second officer, Tyler Turnbough, arrived on the scene and drew his taser gun. As Crutcher walked towards the driver's side window of his car with his hands raised, both officers fired at him. The second officer only used his taser while Shelby used her gun, and her shots ultimately killed Crutcher.

https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2024/04/15/terence-crutcher-civil-lawsuit-dismissed/

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GREENWOOD Dist. – The officer who fatally shot Black Tulsa resident Terence Crutcher will not face retribution for the 2016 slaying. A federal judge dismissed a civil lawsuit filed by Crutcher's estate against Officer Betty Shelby and the City of Tulsa on Monday.

On September 16, 2016, 40-year-old Terence Crutcher was experiencing car troubles on a Tulsa street. Former Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby was responding to a domestic disturbance call when she found Crutcher's car stalled in the roadway on 36th Street and Lewis Avenue in North Tulsa, a predominately Black neighborhood.

Crutcher was approaching the vehicle when Shelby shouted orders at him to show his hands. Shortly after the incident began, a second officer, Tyler Turnbough, arrived on the scene and drew his taser gun. As Crutcher walked towards the driver's side window of his car with his hands raised, both officers fired at him. The second officer only used his taser while Shelby used her gun, and her shots ultimately killed Crutcher.

https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2024/04/15/terence-crutcher-civil-lawsuit-dismissed/

How much ya wanna bet it is Trumper judges?