. >> tiffany crutcher said her great grandmother barely esca d escaped. >> she was self-sufficient. she was beautiful. all of a sudden she had to run in fear of her life. jumped on the back of a truck and fled to muscogee. >> rebecca brown kutcher lived until 194. >> we didn't get a chance to talk about the stories because of the fear. they were afraid to talk about it because they thought it might happen again. >> reporter: crutcher said she felt some of that same period after her twin brother terence. >> shots fired! >> -- was shot by tulsa police in 2016. he was up armed. >> i answered the call and i heard my dad, my hero, scream at the top of his lupgs saying "they killed my son, they killed my son, and i just finally asked who killed terence. he said the police. >> he's got his hands up there for us now. >> terence crutcher was h 3 years old when the offer recognized him standing near the side of the rose. >> ready for a taser, i think. >> in the police chopper officers give the kind of play by play. >> that looks like a bad dude, . >> see him walking away with his hands up. i

tiffany crutcher, your famimily's life spans thee trajectory from the race massacre.. ain your great-grandmother survived that massacre in 1921, ththe 2016 when your twin, your twin brother, terence crutcher, was killed by police. dr. crutcher: absolutely. there are sow, many stark parallels, and it is just unbelievable that my family, we have had to endure racial violence down through the generations, and nothing has changed. my great-grandmother, rebecca brown crutcher, as the mario stated, had to flee for her life. they owned a barbecue e pit down and greenwood. they were living their best life, and that it was all stripped away from them, and she had to run off to the country and was fearful, and never, ever talked about it because of the fear mongering. they said if they said anything, it would happen again. so i did not learn about this until i went off to college, and i heard about some other classmates from all around the country. and i went to school on greenwood, and no one said anything. we did not even learn about it in oklahoma history, and that is devastat

tiffany crutcher, the twin sister of terrence crutcher, who was killed by a tulsa police officer in 2016and greg robinson, a tulsa mayoral candidate and community organizer. let me start with you, dr. crutcher. four years ago your brother, your twin brother killed by tulsa police officer. we rallied, i was out there a couple of times with you. your family come from a very religious family. your brother in fact was a musician in the church. and the community still calling for justice in terms of a series of police abuses. and it is where you brought me with your dad and mom. we did a rally right at the site where black wall street was, where that massacre happened in 1921. and now president trump decides to come to your city to revive his campaign rallies in a mostly white -- talking about make america great again. how do you feel they're going to make america great in the city of a massacre in the city where your brother was killed by a police person and you have other police abuses and you are going to be the city he chooses to relaunch his public rallies? >> well, first, reverend al, i

i'm not here to testify to the safety of anything. >> alcindor: tiffany crutcher said she is most scared for the elderly, mostly african american workers at the arena where the rally will take place, and about possible violence in a city that's alrdy seen so much. >> we're a ticking time bomb. and on top of that, this weekend, one of the largest gun shows at the fairgrounds in tulsa will be taking place. so we're trying to make sense of it a. >> it's a distractio what we really need to be focusing on. >> aindor: for her part, kristi williams, the tour guide, says on juneteenth, her community needs to focus not onb president trum on rebuilding what they lost so many years ago. >> it's a time for black people to come together, l across this world, especially in this country, but to reevalua where we are as far as economics, as far as jobs, as far as health, as far as education, as far as housing. and we need to look at where we stand, create a plan to progress in all of those areas, and then we need to convene back in greenwood on juneteenth to see the progress that we've made. >> alcindor

. >> reporter: tiffany crutcher says she was stunned by officer shelby's acquittal.y was not satisfied with how that case played out in the justice system. were you satisfied? >> i think we have to have faith in that justice system. >> reporter: still, last week, mayor bynum announced that he's proposing an independent monitor to review police actions. what was the thing you most wanted to change in the aftermath of your brother's killing? >> i wanted to change the culture of policing, this notion of us versus them. >> reporter: so crutcher, a former physical therapist, is now a full-time advocate for police reform. the police killed your brother. how do you get to a place where you're not afraid of the police? >> i will be honest. i am afraid. but i do believe that we can get to a place if we change policies and if -- if people are held accountable. >> reporter: mechelle brown -- as a resident of tulsa, as a black mother, i am scared for my children. i am scared for this younger generation who are tired of being told to pray about it, to sing, to go to church, to pu

standing next to his vehicle crutcher was unarmed the officer was acquitted of manslaughter tiffany crutcher is terence's twin sister in the same policing culture that burnt down my great grandmother's community black wall street also known as the greenwood community is the same culture that continues to persist the day the same culture they killed my twin brother trump one oklahoma overwhelmingly in 2016 why then hold a rally in a state he'll almost certainly carry again. once. and. i think a large part of the president's reelection effort is going to be. the strategy could back fire brand the middle of a pandemic and this will be the 1st large event since we've shut down everything after this family and it turns out there is a significant outbreak. among. i think that's really going to put into jeopardy the president's strategy it's a volatile combination a history of massacre a bitterly divided nation on edge and a deadly virus spreading fast with a president poised to stir up the brew robert oulds al jazeera. the right time for we cover the top stories here on al-jazeera and black lives

>>tiffany crutcher's twin brother terrence was killed by a tulsa police officer in 2016 parents justded help that day crutcher was unarmed and the officer who shot him was charged with manslaughter. but later for tiffany the anger in tulsa over-policing dates back to 1921. when her great grandmother was one of thousands of black residents who ran for their lives as a mob of angry whites killed hundreds and burned down the black neighborhood of greenwood. >>known then as black wall street, same culture that burned down black wall street. and killed innocent people. >>and ran my great grandmother from her home with the same culture the same policing culture. that killed terence now president trump is coming here at a time when blocked also residents still feel like their voices aren't being heard the fact that i'm having a rally on that day. >>you can really think about that very positively as a celebration. >>most of the city's black residents are concentrated in north tulsa literally divided from the rest of the city by train tracks a 2018 human rights watch report found that black t

he will talk to people like my dear friend tiffany crutcher who started the terrenence crutcher foundationment reform in this country and specifically in tulsa in honor of her brother. i hope he meets with those community leaders to make sure that his visit has the kinds of impacts that we hope it will have. >> former democratic presidential candidate senator kamala harris said about this trip that president trump is making to tulsa on juneteenth, quote, this isn't just a wink to white supremacists, he's throwing them a welcome home party. that's a pretty strong charge. is it possible that some white supremacists will take it that way? >> it's possible, but this is the wrong community. tulsa and the greenwood distribute is one of the wealthiest black communities in the country in terms of 1921. but in 12 hours that community was destroyed by a white mob, and the violence was aided and abetted by police and the national guard. nearly 200 businesses -- and i want to emphasize this. nearly 200 businesses were destroyed and as many as 300 people lost their life. i just hope that president trum

before george floyd, before nationwide protests against police brutality swept the country, tiffany crutcher'sther, terance, was killed by a police officer in 2016. >> he just needed help that day. >> reporter: crutcher was unarmed and the officer who shot him was charged with manslaughter but later acquitted. >> don't shoot! >> reporter: for tiffany, the anger in tulsa over policing dates back to 1921, when her great grandmother was one of thousands of black residents who ran for their lives as a mob of angry whites killed hundreds and burned down the black neighborhood of greenwood, known then as black wall street. >> same culture that burned down black wall street and killed innocent people and ran my great grandmother from her home is the same culture, the same policing culture that killed terance. >> reporter: now president trump is coming here at a time when black tulsa residents still feel like their voices aren't being heard. >> the fact that i'm having a rally on that day, you can really think about that very positively as the celebration. >> reporter: most of the city's black residen

tiffany crutcher asked me to come i'll be there.g the president was coming that day. he's coming out the next day but i want to stand with that family and say that just like we dealt with the race riots in 21, and we remember what happened in 1865 with juneteenth we can remember what we are facing now, and move on. it is the day to mark the end of slavery it's the first time in the history of this country that legal slavery was over and still we had fights after that jim crow and lynchings and all amd if we can come from those race riots and continue to fight against jim crow and against what divided us, we can today, keep fighting and stand together against the challenges of our day it was harder on them. just think about, in those days they didn't have twitter they didn't have facebook. they didn't have cable tv where i have a show. they didn't have you they had to do it by word of mouth. but they did it. we have no excuse with all that we have to work with, not to bring people together. and that's going to be my message in tulsa

standing next to his vehicle crutcher was unarmed the officer was acquitted of manslaughter tiffany crutcher is terence's twin sister in the same policing culture that burnt down my great grandmother's community black wall street also known as the greenwood community is the same culture that continues to persist the day the same culture and they killed my twin brother trump one oklahoma overwhelmingly in 2016 why then hold a rally in a state he'll almost certainly carry again. once. and interest once. i think a large part of the president's reelection effort is going to be. the strategy could back fire brand the middle of a pandemic and this will be the 1st large event since we shut down everything after this family and it turns out there is a significant outbreak. among. i think that's really going to put into jeopardy the president's strategy it's a volatile combination the history of massacre a bitterly divided nation on edge and a deadly virus spreading fast with a president poised to stir up the brew robert oulds al-jazeera. well until racism protests is the jews run in london for a 4th

police brutality swept the country, tiffany's twin brother terrance was killed by a tulsa police officer in 2016. >> terrance just needed help that day. >> crutcherrmed and the officer who shot him was charged with manslaughter but later acquitted. for tiffany, the anger in tulsa over policing dates back to 1921 when her great grandmother was one of thousands of black residents who ran for their lives as a mob of angry whites killed hundreds and burned down the black neighborhood of greenwood known then as black wall street. >> same culture that burnt down black wall street and killed innocent people and ran my great grandmother from her home is the same culture, same policing culture that killed terrance. >> reporter: now president trump is coming here at a time when black tulsa residents still feel like their voices aren't being heard. >> the fact that i'm having a rally on that day s, you can thk about that positively as a celebration. >> reporter: most of the city's black residents are concentrated in north tulsa, literally divided by train tracks. a 2018 human rights watch said black residents are 2.3 times more likely to be arrested than wh