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TULSA, Oklahoma - Reaction to the District Attorneys decision to charge the officer in the death of Terence Crutcher was swift Thursday afternoon.
A group of protesters showed up to the courthouse around the same time the DA's news conference started then walked to the jail.
They're with Black Lives Matter Tulsa and said they weren't happy with the decision to charge Officer Betty Shelby with first-degree manslaughter.
First-degree manslaughter is not right. Not only me, but everybody here in the whole community is seeing it as murder. It's murder, said Pastor Mario Johnson.
http://www.newson6.com/story/33163302/tulsa-protesters-voice-displeasure-with-manslaughter-charges
madokie
(51,076 posts)IMHO
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)MH1
(17,600 posts)acquittal?
They may have a better shot at conviction on the lesser charge.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)They're working both with a legal definition and not overstating the case.
George Zimmerman would have almost certainly served some prison time if he had been charged with something less than murder.
Abq_Sarah
(2,883 posts)At least with a manslaughter charge, there's a better chance of sending Shelby to jail, where she belongs.