The helicopter pilot is her husband. He was on his way to another low priority call and had to pass by her location on the way to that other call. If you listen to their audio, he tells the other guy to turn on the recorder (the other guy had already turned it on) because they could see the situation was not progressing in a routine manner. That why they are kinda assholes about the whole thing. He just flew by to make sure his wife was ok, then shit hit the fan.Not really. You gave statistics for officer-involved shootings in Tulsa, I asked how many officers have been shot and killed in Tulsa for an apt comparison. Then you moved the goalposts by saying that many cops die by suspect shootings nationwide, which is a no shit.
I say the brandishing of the gun is unjustified, but I can see the reasoning for her doing so when she was alone (BTW - unless the audio of the dispatch was altered or redacted, she never actually radioed for backup, she only radioed to say he wouldn't show his hands and she was supposedly on her way to another call when she came across the scene, so why is all the backup and helicopter coming to that scene? If they were on the way to the domestic violence call that was so urgent as to require so much backup and a helicopter, why did she stop there? I digress.), but once backup arrived, she had more officers there, so maybe she could have switched to the taser or at least lowered the gun.
The video is very unfortunate, for sure, but the biggest differences between that situation and Crutcher (aside from the fact that Crutcher wasn't armed) is that there were more officers involved at the scene and the SUV door wasn't open. Also, the driver was ordered to get out of the vehicle, which I don't believe is protocol on a speeding traffic stop. I could be wrong though. I've never been asked to exit the car during a traffic stop. As a side note, as I noted earlier ITT that shooter in that video was caught, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death and was executed last year. It's unfortunate that a police officer lost his life, but at least the suspect got the sentence he deserved.
She didnt need to radio for backup, she was assigned to the call she was going to with another officer -- the second officer that arrived. She knew he had to drive down that road and that he was behind her. Audio that hasn't been released yet, when they are back by her car, apparently has her sounding stressed about him not following commands, if you believe unnamed sources in the local paper. Because it is a possible criminal investigation and what happened at that point may be the justification for her actions, they haven't released that portion of the video yet until the interviews are complete.