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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tulsa-police-release-dashcam-video-fatal-shooting-42192589

An unarmed black man killed by a white Oklahoma officer who was responding to a stalled vehicle can be seen in police video walking away from officers and toward his SUV with his hands up before he approaches the driver's side door, where he drops to the ground after being shocked with a stun gun then fatally shot.

In Tulsa police helicopter footage that was among several clips released Monday showing the shooting of 40-year-old Terence Crutcher and its aftermath, a man in the helicopter that arrives above the scene as Crutcher walks to the vehicle can be heard saying "time for a Taser." He then says: "That looks like a bad dude, too. Probably on something."

Police Chief Chuck Jordan announced before the video and audio recordings' release that Crutcher had no weapon on him or in his SUV when he was shot Friday. It's not clear from the footage what led Betty Shelby, the officer who fired the fatal shot, to draw her gun or what orders officers might have given Crutcher. Local and federal investigations are underway to determine whether criminal charges are warranted in the shooting or if Crutcher's civil rights were violated.

Crutcher's twin sister, Tiffany Crutcher, called for charges Monday.

"The big bad dude was my twin brother. That big bad dude was a father," she said. "That big bad dude was a son. That big bad dude was enrolled at Tulsa Community College, just wanting to make us proud. That big bad dude loved God. That big bad dude was at church singing with all of his flaws, every week. That big bad dude, that's who he was."

Police video shows Crutcher walking toward his SUV that is stopped in the middle of the road. His hands are up and a female officer is following him. As Crutcher approaches the driver's side of the SUV, three male officers walk up and Crutcher appears to lower his hands and place them on the vehicle. The officers surround him, making it harder to see his actions from the dashboard camera's angle.

So a completely law-abiding and cooperating man with his hands up is tased and then murdered by bigoted cops who judged him solely on his physical form, not his actions or stance. He wasn't even pulled over. His car broke down and they shot him for being a black man because that alone is evidence enough to commit murder one.

There is only one solution to this problem, and it's the one Blurtman proposed for terrorists.

All terrorists, especially state-sponsored ones like these cops, need to be put to death to protect our communities. American lives are on the line.

And if these terrorists aren't brought to justice, then vigilantes will take the law into their own hands and start killing all cops including innocent ones. So even if you don't care about the victim or his family, care about the innocent cops who will be killed by vigilantes if these terrorists aren't brought to justice. This is not an academic prediction. It has already happened and will again if our court system chooses to ignore terrorist acts committed by police officers. And targeting races for murder is the quintessential terrorist act in America. Remember, the most historically significant terrorist organization in American history is the KKK.

Terrorists need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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