Betty Jo Shelby, a white female police officer in Tulsa Oklahoma, asked a man to stop moving towards his vehicle. The man continued on towards his SUV, with his hands in the air. Officer Betty then fired a single, deadly shot to Terence Crutcher, an unarmed African American male. It is very rare that female police officers are involved in deadly force encounters in the police force. 1,000 people are killed by police each year, and only about a handful of those are by females. Since 2005, 77 officers have been charged with manslaughter, 3 of which were female. Unlike Betty, however, the other two females were not convicted. Betty had no reason to fire that shot, and she was not in any immediate harm from Crutcher. Although the facts show that female officers are less aggressive when acting on a situation, that was not true in the case of Betty Shelby and Terence Crutcher. gh_blackhawks002
I can't help but wonder what snapped in officer Shelby's mind. Based on statistical facts, she was not prone to shooting the man. Was it fueled by racism, or was she just having a bad day? Or was she just a bad apple in the basket. I don't believe there is any justifiable answer, and events sometimes just unfold in unfortunate ways. - AJC002
From reading what the article said I don't know what would have caused the officer to shoot the man. He wasn't posing a threat he just was not complying to their commands which in that case you either go hands on and make him listen or go non lethal and use a taser or pepper spray. Also if you think he could be armed have one officer go lethal and the other go non lethal and the officer who has the lethal weapon could be the cover officer. You just should never ASSUME that someone is armed and fire away, that's a good way to make people hate the police like they already do. JE002
I really do not know what to make of the Tulsa shooting. I don't know what Betty Shelby was thinking when she shot Terrence Crutcher. He had his hands up, but it is hard to say, based on the video of the shooting, if he actually reached through the window of his car, like the officer had claimed. It appears that the officer did overreact. Another officer had a taser aimed at Mr. Crutcher that he could have used. JE002 I have to disagree with your last sentence. Police officers should always assume that people are armed. That's what keeps them alive. However, they should never be too quick to shoot, like the officer in Tulsa did. Steve002
This article tells you about the incident with Betty Jo Shelby a female police officer and Terence Cutcher who is a African american. According to the article it says that Terence was told to stop moving but instead he had his hands in the air and kept walking towards his S.U.V. His vehicle was still running in the middle of the street and the drivers side door was still open. Female police officers are not known for shooting people they have the reputation for communicating with the suspect instead of firing weapons. Females are less aggressive than male officers, an example of that is that since 2005 77 officers have been charged with manslaughter and only 3 have been females. AW002
This article is highlighting the shooting in Tulsa, Oklahoma that involved female officer Betty Jo Shelby and Terence Cutcher who was an African American who was shot fatality. The article states that Officer Shelby ordered Terence to stop moving towards his vehicle. Even though he had his hands in the air he was still moving towards the vehicle that was still running and had the driver side door open. Officer Shelby believed that he had a weapon and opened fire. Female officers are not usually involved in the use of deadly force but more so talking to the suspect instead of discharging their weapons. Out of the 77 officers charged with manslaughter in 2005, 3 of those were women. I think in this case her emotions started to cloud her judgement which resulted in the death of an unarmed man. Ciaccio002
In the article, it says that a lot of men argued that women would be emotionally unfit for the job. Could Betty Jo Shelby have just shown that this is true if she let her emotions cloud her judgement? I'm not saying it is true, but it's just something to think about. zmw002
It states that she shot because she had reasonable suspicion that he was armed. Even though he had his hands in the air as he was walking to his vehicle he should not of been shot. yes he should have listened and stopped but for him to be shot was not necessary.AW002
The article was about a female police officer from Tulsa, Oklahoma firing on and killing an unarmed black man who was walking back to his vehicle even though he was being told to stop. This reminds me of a video I saw from 1998, only it turned out a little different. A white police officer pulled over an older white man who immediately became aggressive towards the cop, but not physical. Eventually the man goes back to his truck, all the time being told to stop and step away, and when the cop radios for back up the man pulls out a rifle and opens fire on the cop, eventually killing him. Something definitely needed to be done to stop the man from getting in his car. I'm not saying he should have been shot, but he for sure should have been stopped, because for all they knew he could have been getting a gun out of his car to fire upon them with. zmw002
In situations like this there is alot to process as to what really happened in those moments before and after the shooting. Since it is really unknown what his intentions were while continuing to walk towards his SUV while the officer was ordering him to stop moving. And I agree although something needed to happen to get him to stop I would have at least waited to see what he was so desprately trying to get back to his SUV for. But then again I don't know what I would have done in their situation because I am not the officer. I mentioned above that her emotions clouded her judgement and in a way they did. He was at the time unarmed he wasn't posing a threat with hands in the air he just wouldn't stop walking towards the SUV that doesn't mean open fire on an unarmed man. I guess that is the ultimate question though "Could they have done something different instead of shooting him?" Ciaccio002
I agree with you but she should not shot him just because he was not obeying her order. she should have used a different tactic to approach the situation.adelle002
I find it very interesting that females are known to be less-likely to use the lethal force of firearms, and they are more likely to talk to a suspect and use that tactic to control the situation. Guys, whether it is biology or something to do with sociology, are naturally more aggressive than girls. And most of the time, we just expect and accept that. Women in the police force often show that side of themselves, being less aggressive than men. There are many people out there who claim women are too emotional to perform certain jobs, and this circumstance would easily fuel their fire. I feel it was just a bad moment, not really anything to be taken as a sign of a much worse problem. Sure, officer Shelby was not exactly thinking with the calmest mindset, but I believe it is meaningless in the big picture. Don't get me wrong, that man did not deserve his untimely death. However, I don't believe the situation should be ground to a bigger investigation. - AJC002
AJC002, I agree with you that we shouldn't use this shooting as a reason to undermine all women who protect and serve today. However, I feel as though we should look into Officer Shelby's past, and look for a cause of this incident. This man was clearly unarmed, or her brother officer wouldn't have only tazed him. If their was an immediate threat to both of their lives, don't you think that they both would have had their guns drawn? I feel like Officer Shelby might have some hidden biases that she let shine through in this particular incident. I feel that this aspect should be what is under investigation, not her sex.-OKC002
I find this article very interesting to see how different male officers are from female officers. There is a huge difference between the two in the use of lethal force. But also we are taught from a very little age to not hit girls does that play a role in that factor? I think it could and it also deals with the suspect and their behavior at the time and their physical and mental state. Men you would think would face more aggressive subjects then females would. Sometimes just having a male officer there could provoke the subject to be more aggressive then if a female officer was on the scene because the female officer is not a "threat" and they don't have to seem that they are "better then they are" as if a male officer was there. With this article though it shows that female officers have adapted to today's society because it said that female officers know they can't always rely on their physical strength to get them out of situations so they are very strong communicators and excel in many other areas that not all officers do. JE002
I think it all has to do with how different we are from each other. Yes, boys growing up are rough around the edges and are taught to stand up for themselves just like women, but we just see it in a different way. I see it as men being more physical and women being more psychological and thinking more into situations, since thats naturally what we do. So it doesn't surprised me that men police officers have more manslaughters than women(3) according to this article. I just feel like we handle things differently. Kt002
I think this article came up with a lot of valid points. Female officers are, proven by multiple studies, less likely to use violent force compared to their male counterparts. One of the points was, that because female officers are sometimes smaller, and not as strong as some of the people they encounter, they try more heavily to defuse a situation than to escalate it. This is smart right? But what if the suspect they are approaching is smaller than them? In this case they could use more physical force and tactics to subdue them right? I think the bigger thing at play here is perspective. A smaller male officer might do the same thing if a suspect he encounters is bigger than him. I think perspective of a situation is more at play here than male or female. Female officers have a different approach to certain situations, and that is great! It is always great to have multiple views of the same situation, because hopefully it will lead to a better outcome.-OKC002
I agree with your thinking on the whole size matter. It makes a lot of sense to me that a female officer of smaller size would rather talk down the larger offender she is going after. And vise versa like you said with the smaller offender. I believe that it also comes down to whatever the officers personal preference rather they be a male or a female. Rocker002
I think that this article really opened my eyes and I'm sure others to how different men officers are then female officers when it comes to deadly force and similar situations. I find it interesting that female officers are more willing to defuse the situation and take things a step at a time where the male officers are more likely to draw and use more force quicker. I think a lot of it has to do with the size of both the officer and who ever they are going up against. Say the female officer is smaller and the suspect is bigger. My first thought would be she would use deadly force because of the size difference. But this article helped broaden my perspective and show that female officers are more likely to talk a suspect down then shoot first and ask questions later.-Rocker002
Betty Jo Shelby, a female officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma shot and killed Terence crutches, a black man who was simply moving slowly toward his running S.U.V with both hands in the air, and was said to be mumbling something. Her excuse for shooting and killing Terence was because she thought he had a weapon which was discovered that that was not the truth. It was said by Chuck Wexler, the executive director of the Police Executive Research forum, a policy group, that the skill that women use in these situations from developing training is primarily communication and engaging with a person. In this article it is said that police officers kill about 1,000 people each year...outrageous , and only a handful was done by women. 77 police were charged with manslaughter and only 3 of those were women. It is also said that women try to defuse the situation than to try to resort to physical force, which I understand. I feel like us women are more for talking and figuring things out rather than getting physical right away. The excuse for shooting and killing Terence Crutcher was that she became emotionally involved to the point that she overrated which i don't believe. The only thing she overrated was her unnecessary actions. Kt002
To me, I feel that women have generally been known for being great communicators and being great at getting situations to calm down rather than using excessive force. In the article it says that female officers are just more diplomatic and less confrontational and I believe that this is just part of their natural motherly instinct as to why they typically don't use deadly force. CAE002
Female officers in Tulsa Oklahoma, asked a man to stop moving towards his vehicle. The man continued on towards his van, with his hands up in the air. Officer Betty fired a single deadly shot to Terence Crutcher, an unarmed African American male. It is very unlikely for a female police officers are involved in deadly force situations encounters in the police force. 1,000 people are killed by police every year, and only about a handful of those are by females. 2005, 77 Police officers have been charged with manslaughter, 3 of which were women officers.Not likely than the female officer was, however, the other two females were not convicted. She over reacted to situation, she should have never used her gun on the man. If she wanted him to stop walking maybe she should have used a taser to get him to stop. That would be the right way to go about the situation. adelle 002
In her defense she thought she and her team was in immediate danger. I'm not saying that she went about it the right way but she did what she felt was safe at the time to protect herself. Haggard002
This article talks about how Officer Betty Jo Shelby, a police officer in Tulsa, shot and killed Terence Crutches. Terence was said to be ignoring Officer Shelby's commands, walking to his vehicle with his hands up. Because Officer Shelby felt that her life was in danger, she fired a single shot and killed Mr. Crutches. It was later discovered that he did not have a weapon and Officer Shelby was charged with manslaughter. This fatal shooting between a female officer and an African-American male was a very rare occurrence. Only a handful of 1,000 shootings that happen each year by police officers were by females. The articles talks about how females are less likely to use lethal force because they are typically more diplomatic and less confrontational than their male co-workers. This seems pretty typical to me. Females are usually known for being able to communicate well with others and calm things down. I think this just might be a natural motherly instinct that women, who knows. I found it interesting about how females, given that they are generally smaller compared to males, were less likely to use deadly force. I mean if a man who is much bigger than she is starts acting aggressively, I would think she'd be quick on her gun. Maybe that's just the aggressive mindset of being a male. CAE002
In the U.S roughly 13% of police officers are female. Female officers are already looked as “down upon” since policing Is such a male dominate career. Women tend to be less forceful in the field since they don’t have the physical strength to keep up with stronger men. Women lean more towards talking a suspect or offender down rather than using violence of deadly force since they do not have the brut strength needed to handle an offender more than their size. This calls into question of the calls of officer Betty Jo Shelby. She was shown on video to have shot a man who looked like he wasn’t causing any threat to the officers who stopped to help out his broken down car. Yet officer Shelby felt threatened enough to fire a shot. Which is an uncommon thing for women to use deadly force. Since there have been 77 cases of officers being charged with murder or manslaughter and out of those 77 only 3 of them has been women. Which made it such a rare occurrence for officer Shelby to use such deadly force when it is vert uncommon for women officers to use such tactics.
While evaluating number we also have to think about the underrepresentation females undergo in law enforcement careers. So, 3 out of 77 may actually be a pretty fair number. I believe that female officers try to sympathize more with their stops than male officers do. This may be a "motherly instinct". While all officers make mistakes, Shelby may be more heavily scrutinized due to her sex. Oasis_002
I was fascinated by this article, being a female and going into law enforcement really attracts me to this article. The synopsis of the article is that female police officers tend to be less aggressive. We all know that typically females are less aggressive than males. Also, females will help try to talk the victim out of the violent crime or sympathize with them more likely. On average one thousand people are killed by the police each year, out of these only a handful are by female officers. Since 2005, 77 officers in the United States have been charged with manslaughter. Only three of these were female. This goes to show that men see a situation and shoot. Females take the time to really think about the situation. However, the numbers are tricky because women are underrepresented in law enforcement careers. Oasis_002
This article talks about the lack of shootings by female police officers. It points out the Tulsa shooting where police officer Betty Shelby shot and killed Terence Crutcher. Mr Crutcher was shot when he continued towards his SUV, with his hands in the air. Officer Betty then fired a single shot to Terence Crutcher. This shooting sparked outrage because Crutcher appears on video to have his hands up while being shot. The shooting was also a rare officer involved shooting as it involved a woman officer. Women police officers account for a small amount of use of force by police. This could be because women tend to be more understanding and nurturing. It is easier to talk to them and open up to them than perhaps a man. This is not to say that men are not good listeners or understanding, but when thinking of these qualities, usually you think of a woman. Women make a vital contribution in law enforcement. Even though women make up a small percentage of police officers, they have made major advancements in the career. Steve002
Betty Jo Shelby, a white female police officer in Tulsa Oklahoma, asked a man to stop moving towards his vehicle. The man continued on towards his SUV, with his hands in the air. Officer Betty then fired a single, deadly shot to Terence Crutcher, an unarmed African American male. It is very rare that female police officers are involved in deadly force encounters in the police force. 1,000 people are killed by police each year, and only about a handful of those are by females. Since 2005, 77 officers have been charged with manslaughter, 3 of which were female. Unlike Betty, however, the other two females were not convicted. Betty had no reason to fire that shot, and she was not in any immediate harm from Crutcher. Although the facts show that female officers are less aggressive when acting on a situation, that was not true in the case of Betty Shelby and Terence Crutcher.
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I can't help but wonder what snapped in officer Shelby's mind. Based on statistical facts, she was not prone to shooting the man. Was it fueled by racism, or was she just having a bad day? Or was she just a bad apple in the basket. I don't believe there is any justifiable answer, and events sometimes just unfold in unfortunate ways.
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From reading what the article said I don't know what would have caused the officer to shoot the man. He wasn't posing a threat he just was not complying to their commands which in that case you either go hands on and make him listen or go non lethal and use a taser or pepper spray. Also if you think he could be armed have one officer go lethal and the other go non lethal and the officer who has the lethal weapon could be the cover officer. You just should never ASSUME that someone is armed and fire away, that's a good way to make people hate the police like they already do. JE002
DeleteI really do not know what to make of the Tulsa shooting. I don't know what Betty Shelby was thinking when she shot Terrence Crutcher. He had his hands up, but it is hard to say, based on the video of the shooting, if he actually reached through the window of his car, like the officer had claimed. It appears that the officer did overreact. Another officer had a taser aimed at Mr. Crutcher that he could have used. JE002 I have to disagree with your last sentence. Police officers should always assume that people are armed. That's what keeps them alive. However, they should never be too quick to shoot, like the officer in Tulsa did. Steve002
DeleteThis article tells you about the incident with Betty Jo Shelby a female police officer and Terence Cutcher who is a African american. According to the article it says that Terence was told to stop moving but instead he had his hands in the air and kept walking towards his S.U.V. His vehicle was still running in the middle of the street and the drivers side door was still open. Female police officers are not known for shooting people they have the reputation for communicating with the suspect instead of firing weapons. Females are less aggressive than male officers, an example of that is that since 2005 77 officers have been charged with manslaughter and only 3 have been females. AW002
ReplyDeleteThis article is highlighting the shooting in Tulsa, Oklahoma that involved female officer Betty Jo Shelby and Terence Cutcher who was an African American who was shot fatality. The article states that Officer Shelby ordered Terence to stop moving towards his vehicle. Even though he had his hands in the air he was still moving towards the vehicle that was still running and had the driver side door open. Officer Shelby believed that he had a weapon and opened fire. Female officers are not usually involved in the use of deadly force but more so talking to the suspect instead of discharging their weapons. Out of the 77 officers charged with manslaughter in 2005, 3 of those were women. I think in this case her emotions started to cloud her judgement which resulted in the death of an unarmed man. Ciaccio002
ReplyDeleteIn the article, it says that a lot of men argued that women would be emotionally unfit for the job. Could Betty Jo Shelby have just shown that this is true if she let her emotions cloud her judgement? I'm not saying it is true, but it's just something to think about. zmw002
DeleteIt states that she shot because she had reasonable suspicion that he was armed. Even though he had his hands in the air as he was walking to his vehicle he should not of been shot. yes he should have listened and stopped but for him to be shot was not necessary.AW002
DeleteThe article was about a female police officer from Tulsa, Oklahoma firing on and killing an unarmed black man who was walking back to his vehicle even though he was being told to stop. This reminds me of a video I saw from 1998, only it turned out a little different. A white police officer pulled over an older white man who immediately became aggressive towards the cop, but not physical. Eventually the man goes back to his truck, all the time being told to stop and step away, and when the cop radios for back up the man pulls out a rifle and opens fire on the cop, eventually killing him.
ReplyDeleteSomething definitely needed to be done to stop the man from getting in his car. I'm not saying he should have been shot, but he for sure should have been stopped, because for all they knew he could have been getting a gun out of his car to fire upon them with. zmw002
In situations like this there is alot to process as to what really happened in those moments before and after the shooting. Since it is really unknown what his intentions were while continuing to walk towards his SUV while the officer was ordering him to stop moving. And I agree although something needed to happen to get him to stop I would have at least waited to see what he was so desprately trying to get back to his SUV for. But then again I don't know what I would have done in their situation because I am not the officer. I mentioned above that her emotions clouded her judgement and in a way they did. He was at the time unarmed he wasn't posing a threat with hands in the air he just wouldn't stop walking towards the SUV that doesn't mean open fire on an unarmed man. I guess that is the ultimate question though "Could they have done something different instead of shooting him?" Ciaccio002
DeleteI agree with you but she should not shot him just because he was not obeying her order. she should have used a different tactic to approach the situation.adelle002
DeleteI find it very interesting that females are known to be less-likely to use the lethal force of firearms, and they are more likely to talk to a suspect and use that tactic to control the situation. Guys, whether it is biology or something to do with sociology, are naturally more aggressive than girls. And most of the time, we just expect and accept that. Women in the police force often show that side of themselves, being less aggressive than men.
ReplyDeleteThere are many people out there who claim women are too emotional to perform certain jobs, and this circumstance would easily fuel their fire. I feel it was just a bad moment, not really anything to be taken as a sign of a much worse problem. Sure, officer Shelby was not exactly thinking with the calmest mindset, but I believe it is meaningless in the big picture. Don't get me wrong, that man did not deserve his untimely death. However, I don't believe the situation should be ground to a bigger investigation.
- AJC002
AJC002, I agree with you that we shouldn't use this shooting as a reason to undermine all women who protect and serve today. However, I feel as though we should look into Officer Shelby's past, and look for a cause of this incident. This man was clearly unarmed, or her brother officer wouldn't have only tazed him. If their was an immediate threat to both of their lives, don't you think that they both would have had their guns drawn? I feel like Officer Shelby might have some hidden biases that she let shine through in this particular incident. I feel that this aspect should be what is under investigation, not her sex.-OKC002
DeleteI find this article very interesting to see how different male officers are from female officers. There is a huge difference between the two in the use of lethal force. But also we are taught from a very little age to not hit girls does that play a role in that factor? I think it could and it also deals with the suspect and their behavior at the time and their physical and mental state. Men you would think would face more aggressive subjects then females would. Sometimes just having a male officer there could provoke the subject to be more aggressive then if a female officer was on the scene because the female officer is not a "threat" and they don't have to seem that they are "better then they are" as if a male officer was there. With this article though it shows that female officers have adapted to today's society because it said that female officers know they can't always rely on their physical strength to get them out of situations so they are very strong communicators and excel in many other areas that not all officers do. JE002
ReplyDeleteI think it all has to do with how different we are from each other. Yes, boys growing up are rough around the edges and are taught to stand up for themselves just like women, but we just see it in a different way. I see it as men being more physical and women being more psychological and thinking more into situations, since thats naturally what we do. So it doesn't surprised me that men police officers have more manslaughters than women(3) according to this article. I just feel like we handle things differently. Kt002
DeleteI think this article came up with a lot of valid points. Female officers are, proven by multiple studies, less likely to use violent force compared to their male counterparts. One of the points was, that because female officers are sometimes smaller, and not as strong as some of the people they encounter, they try more heavily to defuse a situation than to escalate it. This is smart right? But what if the suspect they are approaching is smaller than them? In this case they could use more physical force and tactics to subdue them right? I think the bigger thing at play here is perspective. A smaller male officer might do the same thing if a suspect he encounters is bigger than him. I think perspective of a situation is more at play here than male or female. Female officers have a different approach to certain situations, and that is great! It is always great to have multiple views of the same situation, because hopefully it will lead to a better outcome.-OKC002
ReplyDeleteI agree with your thinking on the whole size matter. It makes a lot of sense to me that a female officer of smaller size would rather talk down the larger offender she is going after. And vise versa like you said with the smaller offender. I believe that it also comes down to whatever the officers personal preference rather they be a male or a female. Rocker002
DeleteI think that this article really opened my eyes and I'm sure others to how different men officers are then female officers when it comes to deadly force and similar situations. I find it interesting that female officers are more willing to defuse the situation and take things a step at a time where the male officers are more likely to draw and use more force quicker. I think a lot of it has to do with the size of both the officer and who ever they are going up against. Say the female officer is smaller and the suspect is bigger. My first thought would be she would use deadly force because of the size difference. But this article helped broaden my perspective and show that female officers are more likely to talk a suspect down then shoot first and ask questions later.-Rocker002
ReplyDeleteBetty Jo Shelby, a female officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma shot and killed Terence crutches, a black man who was simply moving slowly toward his running S.U.V with both hands in the air, and was said to be mumbling something. Her excuse for shooting and killing Terence was because she thought he had a weapon which was discovered that that was not the truth. It was said by Chuck Wexler, the executive director of the Police Executive Research forum, a policy group, that the skill that women use in these situations from developing training is primarily communication and engaging with a person. In this article it is said that police officers kill about 1,000 people each year...outrageous , and only a handful was done by women. 77 police were charged with manslaughter and only 3 of those were women. It is also said that women try to defuse the situation than to try to resort to physical force, which I understand. I feel like us women are more for talking and figuring things out rather than getting physical right away. The excuse for shooting and killing Terence Crutcher was that she became emotionally involved to the point that she overrated which i don't believe. The only thing she overrated was her unnecessary actions. Kt002
ReplyDeleteTo me, I feel that women have generally been known for being great communicators and being great at getting situations to calm down rather than using excessive force. In the article it says that female officers are just more diplomatic and less confrontational and I believe that this is just part of their natural motherly instinct as to why they typically don't use deadly force. CAE002
DeleteFemale officers in Tulsa Oklahoma, asked a man to stop moving towards his vehicle. The man continued on towards his van, with his hands up in the air. Officer Betty fired a single deadly shot to Terence Crutcher, an unarmed African American male. It is very unlikely for a female police officers are involved in deadly force situations encounters in the police force. 1,000 people are killed by police every year, and only about a handful of those are by females. 2005, 77 Police officers have been charged with manslaughter, 3 of which were women officers.Not likely than the female officer was, however, the other two females were not convicted. She over reacted to situation, she should have never used her gun on the man. If she wanted him to stop walking maybe she should have used a taser to get him to stop. That would be the right way to go about the situation. adelle 002
ReplyDeleteIn her defense she thought she and her team was in immediate danger. I'm not saying that she went about it the right way but she did what she felt was safe at the time to protect herself. Haggard002
DeleteThis article talks about how Officer Betty Jo Shelby, a police officer in Tulsa, shot and killed Terence Crutches. Terence was said to be ignoring Officer Shelby's commands, walking to his vehicle with his hands up. Because Officer Shelby felt that her life was in danger, she fired a single shot and killed Mr. Crutches. It was later discovered that he did not have a weapon and Officer Shelby was charged with manslaughter. This fatal shooting between a female officer and an African-American male was a very rare occurrence. Only a handful of 1,000 shootings that happen each year by police officers were by females. The articles talks about how females are less likely to use lethal force because they are typically more diplomatic and less confrontational than their male co-workers. This seems pretty typical to me. Females are usually known for being able to communicate well with others and calm things down. I think this just might be a natural motherly instinct that women, who knows. I found it interesting about how females, given that they are generally smaller compared to males, were less likely to use deadly force. I mean if a man who is much bigger than she is starts acting aggressively, I would think she'd be quick on her gun. Maybe that's just the aggressive mindset of being a male. CAE002
ReplyDeleteIn the U.S roughly 13% of police officers are female. Female officers are already looked as “down upon” since policing Is such a male dominate career. Women tend to be less forceful in the field since they don’t have the physical strength to keep up with stronger men. Women lean more towards talking a suspect or offender down rather than using violence of deadly force since they do not have the brut strength needed to handle an offender more than their size. This calls into question of the calls of officer Betty Jo Shelby. She was shown on video to have shot a man who looked like he wasn’t causing any threat to the officers who stopped to help out his broken down car. Yet officer Shelby felt threatened enough to fire a shot. Which is an uncommon thing for women to use deadly force. Since there have been 77 cases of officers being charged with murder or manslaughter and out of those 77 only 3 of them has been women. Which made it such a rare occurrence for officer Shelby to use such deadly force when it is vert uncommon for women officers to use such tactics.
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DeleteWhile evaluating number we also have to think about the underrepresentation females undergo in law enforcement careers. So, 3 out of 77 may actually be a pretty fair number. I believe that female officers try to sympathize more with their stops than male officers do. This may be a "motherly instinct". While all officers make mistakes, Shelby may be more heavily scrutinized due to her sex. Oasis_002
DeleteI was fascinated by this article, being a female and going into law enforcement really attracts me to this article. The synopsis of the article is that female police officers tend to be less aggressive. We all know that typically females are less aggressive than males. Also, females will help try to talk the victim out of the violent crime or sympathize with them more likely. On average one thousand people are killed by the police each year, out of these only a handful are by female officers. Since 2005, 77 officers in the United States have been charged with manslaughter. Only three of these were female. This goes to show that men see a situation and shoot. Females take the time to really think about the situation. However, the numbers are tricky because women are underrepresented in law enforcement careers. Oasis_002
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about the lack of shootings by female police officers. It points out the Tulsa shooting where police officer Betty Shelby shot and killed Terence Crutcher. Mr Crutcher was shot when he continued towards his SUV, with his hands in the air. Officer Betty then fired a single shot to Terence Crutcher. This shooting sparked outrage because Crutcher appears on video to have his hands up while being shot. The shooting was also a rare officer involved shooting as it involved a woman officer. Women police officers account for a small amount of use of force by police. This could be because women tend to be more understanding and nurturing. It is easier to talk to them and open up to them than perhaps a man. This is not to say that men are not good listeners or understanding, but when thinking of these qualities, usually you think of a woman. Women make a vital contribution in law enforcement. Even though women make up a small percentage of police officers, they have made major advancements in the career. Steve002
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