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In video of the incident, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/09\/20\/us\/video-released-in-terence-crutchers-killing-by-tulsa-police.html?_r=0\u0022\u003ECrutcher appears unarmed\u003C\/a\u003E, with his \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2016\/09\/20\/video-terence-crutcher-had-hands-up-when-tulsa-police-killed-him\/\u0022\u003Earms raised above his head\u003C\/a\u003E when he was shot. The officer who shot him has been \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/terence-crutcher-shooting-tulsa-county-district-attorney-charges-officer-shelby-n652856\u0022\u003Echarged with manslaughter\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022image\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-media embedded-entity-bundle-image embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n \n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\u0022figure figure--expand text-center\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__media relative inline-block mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/modal\/29620\u0022 rel=\u0022modal:open\u0022 class=\u0022figure__link\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/480w\/public\/multimedia_images_2016\/2016-09-us-police-force.jpg?itok=30DhjuHj 480w, \/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2016\/2016-09-us-police-force.jpg?itok=W2ZOJWk2 850w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(max-width: 524px) 100px, 500px\u0022 data-responsive-image-style=\u0022embedded_images\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2016\/2016-09-us-police-force.jpg?itok=W2ZOJWk2\u0022 width=\u0022850\u0022 height=\u0022567\u0022 alt=\u0022Police in riot gear block a roadway to stop demonstrators from entering a neighborhood as they protest the police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., September 25, 2016.\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__expand absolute block bottom-0 right-0 w-8 h-8 bg-white text-gray-700\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022sr-only\u0022\u003EClick to expand Image\u003C\/span\u003E\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-full inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-expand\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022figure__info text-left font-serif text-xs md:text-sm lg:text-base mx-auto text-gray-700 mt-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__caption\u0022\u003EPolice in riot gear block a roadway to stop demonstrators from entering a neighborhood as they protest the police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., September 25, 2016.\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__credit\u0022\u003E\u00a9 2016 Reuters\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EKeith Lamont Scott was shot by police in Charlotte, North Carolina four days later. Police \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/09\/21\/494844130\/after-police-shooting-protesters-in-charlotte-n-c-shut-down-interstate\u0022\u003Eallege he was armed\u003C\/a\u003E; his family disputes that charge. People in Charlotte have been \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2016\/09\/22\/state-emergency-charlotte-protests-continue-second-night\/90825016\/\u0022\u003Eprotesting the shooting\u003C\/a\u003E since Tuesday.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EDonald Trump \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/09\/21\/politics\/trump-police-shooting-response\/\u0022\u003Estated\u003C\/a\u003E that he was \u201cvery troubled\u201d by the shooting of Crutcher. Hillary Clinton \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/09\/20\/politics\/terence-crutcher-tulsa-shooting-hillary-clinton\/\u0022\u003Etweeted\u003C\/a\u003E that the shooting of Crutcher was \u201cintolerable.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThe candidates would do well to explain on Monday what, realistically, they each plan to do on the broader issues surrounding these incidents. Whoever is elected in November will need to tackle the issue of the excessive use of force \u2013 sometimes deadly \u2013 by police in the US. Police officers have rarely been held accountable for these abuses, and the victims are often black men.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003ESolutions to these problems lie, for the most part, at the state and local level. But there are important steps the new president can take. One is to increase efforts to deal with racial bias among police. \u201cThey\u2019ll stop them just for being black,\u201d a Ferguson, Missouri woman \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/03\/17\/why-are-us-police-departments-still-race-biased\u0022\u003Etold Human Rights Watch\u003C\/a\u003E at the height of the 2014 protests there \u2013 a complaint heard in communities across the country. Proposals to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.civilrights.org\/publications\/reports\/racial-profiling2011\/the-end-of-racial.html\u0022\u003Eaddress racial profiling\u003C\/a\u003E by police \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/end-racial-profiling-act-2015-democratic-us-lawmakers-re-introduce-minority-1892669\u0022\u003Ehave repeatedly failed in Congress\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003ETransparency is a big issue. We still don\u2019t know how many people are killed by police every year, or what proportion of them are black, because the US government hasn\u2019t found a way to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/03\/06\/dispatches-us-needs-better-data-police-killings\u0022\u003Ecorrectly\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2016\/09\/12\/states-hid-cop-killings-from-feds-and-violated-the-law.html\u0022\u003Etrack\u003C\/a\u003E this data. A new president can put more resources into data collection, and create more incentives for law enforcement agencies to track and share it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EFinally, holding law enforcement accountable for improper use of force is a persistent challenge \u2013 Human Rights Watch \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/legacy\/reports98\/police\/uspo14.htm\u0022\u003Edocumented these difficulties\u003C\/a\u003E in 14 US cities back in 1998. Almost 20 years later, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/datalab\/ferguson-michael-brown-indictment-darren-wilson\/\u0022\u003Ethe\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2015\/12\/grand-jury-does-not-indict-cop-who-killed-tamir-rice\u0022\u003Esame\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/police-rarely-criminally-charged-for-on-duty-shootings-1416874955\u0022\u003Eobstacles\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/08\/nyregion\/grand-juries-seldom-charge-police-officers-in-fatal-actions.html\u0022\u003Eremain\u003C\/a\u003E. 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