CLEVELAND, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, speaking to black pastors in Cleveland, said a white police officer choked and fatally shot a black man during a routine encounter.
Trump said he saw a video circulated widely online that showed multiple officers with their weapons trained on the man, Terence Crutcher, who was outside his vehicle during a traffic stop. Crutcher was not armed and had his hands in the air, but according to police accounts, did not follow officers' orders and began walking away from a patrol car and toward his own vehicle. Officer Betty Shelby opened fire, striking Crutcher multiple times.