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On this day six years ago, 40-year-old #TerenceCrutcher was murdered in broad daylight by white Tulsa, OK police officer Betty Shelby. Following the murder, Shelby repeatedly described Crutcher as "zombie-like,"...
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a common rhetorical strategy to monsterize Black men as not-fully-human and therefore devalue their lives. Eight months after she killed Crutcher, Shelby was found "not guilty" of first-degree manslaughter.
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Shelby went on to become a "gun instructor" for the NRA while Crutcher's family is left to mourn their loss. #AbolitionToday #AbolitionTomorrow #AbolitionNow
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