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A University of Cincinnati police officer was indicted on murder charges on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a motorist this month.
In the indictment handed down by a grand jury in Hamilton County, the officer, Ray Tensing, is accused of killing the driver, Samuel Dubose, during a traffic stop near the campus on July 19.
The death of Mr. Dubose, who was black, at the hands of Officer Tensing, who is white, joined a string of recent episodes in Staten Island, Cleveland, North Charleston, S.C., and Ferguson, Mo., among others that have raised hard questions about law enforcement use of force, and the role of race in policing. Video cameras have recorded many of the episodes and nonlethal encounters like the arrest of Sandra Bland, who died three days later in a Texas jail cell, offering disturbing evidence of the confrontations that often contradicts the accounts of people involved.
more:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/30/us/university-of-cincinnati-officer-indicted-in-shooting-death-of-motorist.html?
Heidi
(58,237 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)as much of a straight up murder as that guy shooting the man running away from him.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)It hurts the heart.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)in which the cop was not charged.
http://www.inquisitr.com/2016080/samantha-ramsey-lawsuit/
Another case which happened in Ames, IA was Tyler Comstock. Also no charges.
http://www.kcci.com/news/family-of-man-shot-by-police-officer-files-wrongful-death-claim/32040132
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)murder needs to come out in the open so the cop doesn't get off for killing someone he didn't nned to
Why won't they release the video?
Kber
(5,043 posts)Guess they were waiting for grand jury to indict
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)The video was released as Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters announced that Tensing would be indicted on a charge of murder.
"I mean, it was so unnecessary for this to occur," Deters said when he announced the indictment. "This doesn't happen in the United States
People don't get shot for a traffic stop unless they're violent toward a police officer. And he wasn't." Later, Deters added that what happened was "without question a murder."
Telcontar
(660 posts)And no bail during court