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Crutcher Family Meets With Rev. Al Sharpton in NYC

National Action Network

 

The father of a man who was fatally shot by a police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, says his son had his hands up "just like I told him to do."

The Rev. Joey Crutcher said Wednesday in New York that his son Terence knew to put his hands up when approached by police.

Forty-year-old Terence Crutcher, who was black and unarmed, was fatally shot Friday by a white police officer.

The Rev. Crutcher and Tiffany Crutcher, the twin sister of Terence, spoke at the headquarters of civil rights leader Al Sharpton's National Action Network.

Tiffany Crutcher said the family wants charges to be brought against the officers involved in the shooting.

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