Tulsa officer pleads not guilty in killing of Terence Crutcher, claims she was temporarily deaf during shooting
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The Tulsa cop who fatally shot an unarmed black man pleaded not guilty to first-degree manslaughter Friday as her attorney claimed she was temporarily deaf during the shooting.
“She didn't hear the gunshot, didn't hear the sirens coming up behind her just prior to the shot,” Wood said Thursday. The condition, sometimes called “auditory exclusion,” happens when people in high-stress situations tune out noises around them, Wood said.
“It's not only a common phenomenon described in literature, but it's the No. 1 perceptual distortion by people I have represented who have been involved in shootings — diminished sound or complete auditory exclusion,” he argued.
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