Body Cam Video Of Tulsa Officer Shooting Released
Bodycam Video Shows Shooting of Two Tulsa Police Officers
The Tulsa Police Department on Monday released videos of a shooting that left one officer dead and another seriously wounded.
Police Chief Wendell Franklin and Mayor G.T. Bynum urged the public to refrain from watching the videos showing the June 29 shooting.
The chief spent much of a news conference called to release information about the videos disputing claims that the department had misled the public about the events surrounding the shootings of Sgt. Craig Johnson and Officer Aurash Zarkeshan.
“People are not police officers, and they don’t understand,” Franklin said, adding that he disagreed with the release of the videos because of the trauma the incident has put upon officers and his belief that the videos are “evidence that should be played out in court.” Continue Reading at Source
