Since a Grand Jury was not given the facts to decide an appropriate action this move was pure politics!

There is no need to make sense of Crutcher’s death. He was a crook, and a violent one at that. He refused orders to remain still and walked back to the driver side door of his vehicle, which contained PCP, which he may have been on. He reached for something after being told not to.

Source: Breaking: Tulsa Officer Betty Shelby Charged with First Degree Manslaughter in Crutcher Death