Tulsa shooting: Donald Trump says Pastor Terence Crutcher did everything right, believes cop might have 'choked'

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shared his views about the shooting of unarmed black pastor Terence Crutcher by a policeman in Tulsa, Oklahoma last Friday.

Speaking at a meeting in Cleveland Heights, Ohio on Wednesday, Trump remarked that Crutcher appeared to do "everything he was supposed to do." The candidate added that he was troubled by the actions of Betty Shelby, the officer who fired at the pastor.

The candidate spoke about the shooting after he was asked by Rev. Darrell Scott to comment about the "recent shootings of unarmed black men by the police."

"To me he looked like somebody who was doing what they were asking him to do and this young officer I don't know what she was thinking. I don't know what she was thinking but I am very, very troubled by that," said Trump at the New Spirit Revival Center.

Trump emphasized that he is a believer in law enforcement but he thinks that there will be someone who will make a mistake or "choke" on the job.

The encounter began when Crutcher's vehicle broke down in the middle of the road.

According to Shelby's attorney, the officer suspected that Crutcher was under the influence of drugs. The attorney stated that she fired the shot when the pastor reached through his car window instead of following instructions to put his hands up.

Benjamin Crump, an attorney for Crutcher's family, disputed the claim that Crutcher reached into the car and showed an enlarged photo of police footage revealing that the car window remained closed and stained with blood after the shooting.

Attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons added that Shelby is still not justified in shooting the pastor even if drugs were found in his car.

Trump suggested that Shelby might be unfit to be a police officer. "People who do that, maybe they can't be doing what they're doing," he said.

Clinton also commented about the shooting during a radio interview with Steve Harvey. "In Tulsa, an unarmed man with his hands in the air? I mean, this is just unbearable, and it needs to be intolerable," said Clinton.

Shelby is currently on administrative leave and undergoing a criminal investigation.