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Family and Clergy Review Police Video

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A pastor who saw video of the fatal police shooting of a black man in Tulsa says the footage shows that the man's "hands were in the air."

Pastor Rodney Goss told the Tulsa World that he was among the local community leaders who were shown footage of the shooting of 40-year-old Terrence Crutcher ahead of its scheduled release to the public Monday afternoon.

Goss says he expects the public will be outraged. He says residents should respond with reason, not violence.

Tulsa Police Sgt. Shane Tuell says relatives were shown the recordings Sunday ahead of the planned public release.

Tulsa police say Crutcher was shot after his SUV stalled on a city street. Police spokeswoman Jeanne MacKenzie has said Crutcher refused orders to put up his hands. Authorities haven't said whether he had a weapon