University police officer charged with murder for shooting of Samuel DuBose
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The Guardian wrote:A white police officer who gunned down an unarmed black man in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been indicted for murder by a grand jury, as the county prosecutor described the shooting as the “most asinine act” he had ever seen committed by a police officer.
Samuel DuBose, 43, was killed on 19 July by a single shot to the head fired by University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing during a routine traffic stop, in which DuBose was pulled over for not having a front license plate.
University police officer charged with murder for shooting of Samuel DuBose (includes video)
What a perfectly vicious little circle; A black person pulled over by white cop for a relatively minor driving offense fears for his life, so tries to escape from the situation before things take a turn for the worse. To prevent the felon from escaping the officer shoots him in the head!
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"The traffic stop occurred near the university's main campus, and UC police have said the intersection was within the campus's police jurisdiction"
Wait so hold on. The university has their own private police force which patrols the university itself and it's grounds. And they are doing traffic stops and have guns? Why exactly? Are frat parties that out of control?
There are some facets of the USA i will never understand.
Campus security is NOT the same as having your own police force.
18000 different law enforcement agencies in the US all with different rules.
Campus police are law enforcement agencies
We don't have seemingly private police forces who are fully armed patrolling our Universities though do we?
But we do our railway stations, BTP and their armed officers are funded almost entirely by the private train operating companies and Network Rail.
I'm glad I live in a country where officers licensed to carry firearms are carefully selected and trained properly.
I've met some coppers who I wouldn't trust to tie their own shoelaces, never mind carry a loaded gun, and I'm sure America is no different.
It's not unusual in that country. I went to Temple University in Philadelphia and it had a massive 'police' force. Given how dodgy the area around the campus was, I wasn't complaining.
Interesting......
Why was this cop stopping drivers on a public street off campus?
Why did he open the car door?
". ". He refuse to check on his radio that the driver wasn't disqualified?
He seemed to want to have an altercation with the driver who was calm and co operative.
Looks like he was operating outside of his jurisdiction. Too many mentally challenged fools are given uniforms and weapons in America.
The cop who was shot dead by the Boston Marathon bombers a few days after the explosions was an MIT campus officer.
The prosecution say he wasn't .. but that doesn't make it fact.
I do get the feeling that some of them are deliberately looking for trouble.
It's time Obama seriously addressed the obvious issues in the US police generally.
I understand it is quite normal that college police have a mutual agreement with the local police department that allows them patrol outside of the campus.
The video makes it fact. Hence, the verdict.
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/30/us/ohio-sam-dubose-tensing/
Try not to jump to unsubstantiated conclusions.
What do you think he should do?
I wasn't referring to the court verdict, but the verdict on which charge to press. Poor word choice on my part, so let me reword my previous response: Hence, the charge.
Have you actually watched the video, or read the link? His hand wasn't caught anywhere, he fell backwards after he killed him and he certainly wasn't dragged anywhere. Nothing unsubstantiated about it.
In this case there's no doubt but why can't people ask questions about an alleged victim