She would not have been indicted if there wasn't cause to indict her. So in this case proper action was taken and if after investigation she is innocent then that's fine. Obviously those higher up felt it was justified. Pretty cut and dry.
A commentator on RT (Thom Hartmann) said Crutcher was shot in the chest -- which is inconsistent with his positioning if, as was reported, his right arm was in the window when he was shot. So, if true, that might be a critical factor supporting the Manslaughter charge.
Update and apology re: the above.
I just watched a re-broadcast of Thom Hartmann's program in which I see he actually said
if Crutcher's right arm was in the window it would have been inconsistent . . . etc. I did research some other news reports and found that police said Crutcher's
left arm was in the window (presuming the window was in fact open).
So based on what we've seen and heard thus far it seems Ptl. Shelby's fate depends entirely on whether it can be proved the car window was open or closed. If it can't be proved Shelby will walk, the city of Charlotte will experience a multi-million dollar riot -- and maybe a few more cops will be assassinated. For what? A broke-down car and some guy staggering around on (probably) PCP?
The bottom line, and my beef with this kind of incident, is this is not cost-effective policing. Not at all.