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The media has been playing up the death of Terence Crutcher as a sweet innocent victim.  That couldn’t be further from the truth.  Crutcher had just gotten out of prison in May, after serving nine years for drug trafficking.  In fact, he has a lengthy rap sheet:

1996 Shooting with intent to kill — Dismissed
2001 Petit larceny — Conviction
2004 Driving while suspended — Conviction
2005 Driving while suspended, resisting officer — Conviction
2006 Driving while suspended — Conviction
Driving with open container — Dismissed
2006 Trafficking in illegal drugs — Conviction. (He was also charged in that incident with assault on a police officer and resisting, but that was dismissed.)
2011 Public intoxication (while in prison for drug trafficking) — Conviction
2012 Public intoxication — Conviction
Obstructing an officer — Conviction
2013 DUI — Conviction
Resisting officer — Conviction
Open Container — Conviction
Failure to wear seatbelt — Conviction
Speeding — Conviction

At the time of his death, Crutcher had several outstanding warrants:

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The media is pushing the story that he had his hands up when he was shot.  The following video proves that is not true.