First degree manslaughter: Cop who fatally shot an unarmed black man turns herself in, released on $50k bond

The white female police officer that was charged with first-degree manslaughter after fatally shooting an unarmed black man, Terence Crutcher, while he had his hands up , has turned herself in and has released after posting $50,000 bond.

Betty Shelby, 42, turned herself in to police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the early hours on Friday morning, just hours after prosecutors charged her with first degree manslaughter.

Tulsa County jail records show Shelby spent just 20 minutes in custody, being booked at 1:11am and then released at 1:31am after posting $50,000 bond.