“This is one of the reasons why we, from the very beginning, discussed and have been working daily and diligently to change the system, to reform the laws on a local level but also a national level,” Solomon-Simmons said. “We know what happened on Sept. 16, 2016, was wrong. It was unnecessary. It was unjust.”

Because of that view, Tiffany Crutcher said she and the Terence Crutcher Foundation will be among several hosts of a public discussion Thursday evening about policing reforms. She added that the DOJ’s finding “has motivated me even more to keep fighting another day” to change use-of-force laws.

Shores said the DOJ’s investigation did not find enough evidence to rebut Shelby’s assertion that she shot Crutcher in self-defense “with the mistaken belief that Mr. Crutcher reached into his vehicle in order to retrieve a weapon.”

The issue was a major point of contention in Shelby’s manslaughter case. The Crutcher family asserted that his hands were in the air when he was shot, while Shelby’s attorneys argued that he was attempting to reach into his vehicle with his left hand.