Cincinnati police are investigating the fatal shooting of an apparently unarmed black man by a University of Cincinnati police officer after a confrontation during a routine traffic stop, Sunday. This adds to a long list of law enforcement negligence compiling to the point of concern for which the cries of injustice grow louder with each new revelation of excessive force or neglect resulting in death.
Samuel Dubose, a 43-year-old father of 13 children, was the victim in this “routine traffic stop.” Authorities identified the officer as Ray Tensing, who has five years’ experience in law enforcement and who has worked for the University of Cincinnati Police Department for more than a year. He is, as seems to be common practice now, white.
CNN reports that, according to the Cincinnati Police Department, which is handling the investigation, Tensing saw Dubose driving without a front license plate around 6:30 Sunday evening and tried to pull him over. Police said Dubose continued for about a mile before stopping the car.
According to police reports, Tensing asked several times to see Dubose’s driver’s license and Dubose instead handed authorities a bottle of alcohol. Tensing then asked Dubose to step out of the car, at which point a struggle ensued.
“There was a struggle at the door with Mr. Dubose in the vehicle and the officer outside the vehicle, and the vehicle sped away,” Cincinnati police Lt. Col. James Whalen told reporters.
Tensing then fired a single shot, murdering the driver. Cincinnati police also made sure to illustrate the horrific trauma the officer experienced while murdering an unarmed intoxicated man driving away in a vehicle by declaring Tensing fell to the ground as he fired the shot, bruising his legs and tearing his uniform. Police have yet to release the video of the traffic stop.
The officer has been placed on administrative leave with pay. He has not yet been interviewed, nor have two other officers who arrived on the scene, as they are allowed 24 to 48 hours to work with their attorneys first. Nor has Tensing been charged with manslaughter, a crime to which police have already given an eye witness report to. This doesn’t come as a shock, however, as Dubose is just another check off the list of unpunished outrageous police brutality.
You could literally compile a glossary, or even encyclopedia of the impunity of law enforcement from the laws they enforce:
The death of Sheneque Proctor, in the Bessemer City Jail, Saturday Nov. 2.
Proctor was arrested for “disorderly conduct” at a hotel party with her friends. The eighteen-year-old Proctor complained of asthma problems in addition to violent police handling prior to her death. She was found dead in her cell the next morning.
Bessemer City Attorney Shan Paden commented, “I know the case. I know we had a death in the jail. Erring on a conservative side, not to protect the city but to protect the rights of an 18-year-old, the city of Bessemer will not disclose any information.” This is very becoming of law enforcement having followed an onslaught of deaths of unarmed African-Americans gunned down by police, all of whom were accused of having a gun, but found to be carrying pills, sandwiches and toys.
This was only a month after the death of 22-year-old Darrien Nathaniel Hunt.
Hunt was fatally shot in the back September, 10, 2014 while holding no more than a replica sword, after law enforcement responded to a call reporting a suspicious person brandishing a “Samurai-type” sword.
The previous month 18-year-old VonDerritt Myers Jr., was gunned down by law enforcement on October 8, 2014.
He was allegedly carrying a gun, though eye witnesses dispute this matter claiming he had no more than a sandwich. Details of this case are also being kept secret until investigations are concluded.
Weeks later, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was killed by the police, November 22, 2014.
Rice was shot down within two seconds of the arrival of law enforcement agents after receiving a report that a “young black male” was seen brandishing a gun in a local park.
This is merely months after the deaths of Eric Garner and 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Eric Garner Image via Thefederalist.com
Michael Brown Image via Atlantablackstar.com
Garner died July 17, 2014 , according to the coroner’s report, due to homicide via compression of the neck caused by law enforcement officials during his restraint. Garner called out, “I can’t breathe!” 11 times while law enforcement agents proceeded to forcefully choke and detain him.
Brown was shot fatally by police while unarmed on August 9, 2014.
Rumain Brisbon was gunned down by police on December 4, 2014.
Brison was shot for allegedly having a gun that turned out to be a bottle of pills.
The relentless disregard for the law and probable cause in the case of law enforcement is becoming a common practice. Not one of the officers responsible for any of these deaths has been held accountable for any charges in a court of law. The number of instances involving a white cop and the death of an unarmed African-American seems to be an increasingly recurring theme for law enforcement officials all over the country, and the list of victims in this article is only a grain of sand in an ocean of injustice. Something should be done before this list becomes larger than the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Feature altered image via rawstory.com
Unless and until police officers are held accountable it won’t stop. Just as soon as a few officers are indicted and found guilty you will find these happening less often.
Father of 13 children? Uh huh … and by how many women? This dude was a scumbag, and it certainly sounds like this cop was justified in shooting him.
I just LOVE how you libturds equate “unarmed” with “innocent” and “not dangerous.” And including Mike Brown in your little list? Nice. Gawd, it’s as if the lot of you don’t even have two brain cells among you to rub together.
I love how you conservatives are such wimps you equate “unarmed” with “OMG I CAN’T HANDLE HIM BECAUSE I’M A WIMP! MUST…USE..GUN…”
You’re a small-minded buffoon for believing this. I guess that only tough guys like you should have the chance to defend themselves, eh? What about women and the elderly? I suppose that my 105lb wife should just go to the gym more, eh? Moron.
I know women that are plenty tough. Too bad you aren’t.
Too bad too many cops aren’t, either.
You shouldn’t be a cop, and neither should your wife. You’re both wimps.
But that’s not even here nor there. The suspect was fleeing and unarmed, which makes the shooting illegal. Just because you’ve got the strength of a premie baby doesn’t mean you can shoot an unarmed man who’s fleeing.
Oh brother. You live in a libturd fantasy world, you know that? There’s a REASON that every police force on the planet carries guns, because only buffoons like you believe they are “tough enough” to defend themselves with only their fists and their wits. Gawd, get out of your mother’s basement once in a while.
Why do you libturds keep parrotting the LIE that if a suspect is fleeing they cannot be shot?? This is 100% untrue, and I just don’t understand why you refuse to accept it.
https://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Fleeing_felon_rule
LOL!
Not only did you cite a Wiki page that says a whole lot of, “citation needed”, you must have failed to look up Tennesee v. Garner.
So now all criminals are unarmed? That’s what you’re claiming.
But please, keep bragging about how you’re too weak to defend yourself without having to hide behind a gun. This is quite entertaining.
Tennessee V Garner … go ahead, tell us what it says … the fleeing felon rule. But you won’t, now will you, because it would entirely invalidate your crap argument. Fleeing from a traffic stop in a vehicle ALWAYS results in a felony arrest (attempt). Do you deny it?
You really should stop with the ad hominems, it makes you look even more buffoonish. I’m talking about the POLICE, not about you or I, as you should be. No police force on earth fights crime with well-wishes and rainbows, and, gee, I wonder why that is?
Thanks for sharing. My comment got sent to the moderator because they have a strange need to go through anything with a single curse word.
I also appreciate that you’re continuing to show what a wimp you are. There was a time I’d call you “Nancy” or something sexist, but that was before I met women that do lift. You’re just a wimpy little coward.
I’m not the one scared on an inanimate object, now am I? I’m almost certainly larger than stronger than you, but I’m also a realist, not a unicorn-humping libturd hoplophobe.
Anytime a suspect flees in a vehicle, any officer could be found to hold the very reasonable belief that the driver was a danger to both the officer and the public. Haven’t you seen the World’s Wildest Police Videos? Seriously, fleeing in a vehicle is extremely dangerous. Most cops don’t shoot in these situations, but if they did, the law says they are justified.
You really should learn the law before jumping to conclusions. Oh, and you really should leave your mother’s basement once in a while.
Sorry, all I read was, “Blah blah blah, I don’t lift”.
Shush up roid head, the adults are talking.
Funny how you ask a question which you believe I can’t answer and will prove me wrong, then entirely ignore the answer when it proves YOU wrong. Pathetic. Are the roids shrinking your ballz and your brain that much bro?
Look, it’s okay if you’ve got all the strength and fighting skills of a guppy. Not everyone is tough.
Just don’t patrol my streets.
You can also do a google search for some nearby gyms. Some of them offer martial arts classes too, so you don’t have to hold your gun every time a swarthy looking man makes you uncomfortable.
LOL! You remind me of Doug from 50 First Dates. He sure thinks he’s tough too, huh? Lemme guess, your conversations with your doctor go something like this?
Doctor: Rick, once again, off the juice.
Rick: It’s not juice. It’s a protein shake.
Doctor: Yeah, right. And Rick’s muscles aren’t pharmaceutically enhanced.
Rick: What are you talking about? I use a herb supplement that can be purchased at any health food store. Check this out. Check out these glutes. Rock hard, baby. Pretty sweet, huh.
LOL!!!
That’s stuff that wimpy people say.
I guess you have nothing else.
Well, you have fun with that Mr Tough Guy.
Tell you what, you bring your muscles to the fight, and the “wimpy” cop will bring his gun. Then we’ll see who wins, and who is left whining that their son was “just a good boy who was turning his life around.”
Putz.
Tennessee v Garner
Where an officer has probable cause to believe that a suspect poses a threat of serious physical harm, either to the officer or to others, it is not constitutionally unreasonable to prevent escape by using deadly force.
Fleeing from a traffic stop in a vehicle nearly ALWAYS meets this definition. This is yet another example of the cop being clearly not guilty of any crime. Enjoy your free stuff after a night or two of looting.
Where did religion & politics come from, nevermind, I get it.
Arrested over 60 times.