Come on, there isn't anything to clear up. The officer is the worst officer ever and murdered that poor man in cold blood.It would really help to have dashcam video. That would clear up everything.
There are many "right" ways to have handled the fact that the driver had no license. Getting him out was reasonable.He should have gone back to the patrol car and checked things further before attempting to open the car door.
It would really help to have dashcam video. That would clear up everything.
I pointed out exactly the same thing earlier.
Great minds think alike.
what we really need is a camera inside of the cop (and victim's) cranium. that'll settle it once and for all.
more cameras.
what we really need is a camera inside of the cop (and victim's) cranium. that'll settle it once and for all.
more cameras.
And camera drones... Everywhere.
It would really help to have dashcam video. That would clear up everything.
From the link, here are some things that the prosecutor said:
DuBose did "nothing violent" toward Tensing, Deters said, adding that the video shows Tensing falling because he had just shot DuBose.
"I think he (Tensing) lost his temper because Mr. DuBose would not get out of his car. He wasn't dragged. When you see it, you will not believe how quickly he pulled his gun and shot him in the head," Deters said at a 1 p.m. news conference.
"He was simply, slowly rolling away. That's it," Deters said.
"It was senseless. It didn't have to happen," Deters said, adding that Tensing should have never stopped DuBose for not having a front license plate.
"It was a chicken-crap stop," Deters said.
He fell because he had just shot DuBose? WTF? He didn't even fall until seconds after he fired. Has Deters even shot a pistol before? 'Cause, you know, the recoil of a pistol caliber handgun tends to knock everyone on their ass--seconds after they fire. Geez, my kid at 12 could shoot a 9mm without it knocking him on his ass.
I see no indication from the video that Tensing "lost his temper". Tensing did quickly pull his gun and shoot, but I think that was an overreaction to the events unfolding. The only emotion I saw when things escalated was adrenalin induced excitement.
It was indeed senseless and it didn't have to happen. But to say Tensing should never have stopped DuBose for not having a front license plate? I guess the state of Ohio should be expunging from the record and issuing refunds to everyone it has ever issued a ticket for not having a front license plate. Maybe it was a chicken**** stop. But it's a chicken**** stop that would have resulted in DuBose being arrested for drugs, which I'm sure Deters would have happily prosecuted.
The prosecutor is a dickhead. I'm sure it's obvious to all the police officers in the jurisdiction that the prosecutor's office is willing to throw any one of them under the bus to appease an angry mob. Tensing got it very wrong, and I'm not saying he shouldn't see any jail time, but it wasn't by any stretch, murder.
The political machine is in process of chewing up this officer and spitting him out. THIS is the reason I belong to the FOP...legal representation. In my line of work, you never know when it will be your turn in the hot seat. At least I know that when push comes to shove, I have a very good firm representing me.Fleeing the scene or whatever it's called is now just simply rolling away....I gotta try that sometime. Pretty hard to prove "I think he was angry" I would think. Of course that's just me thinking but I have been told I chose the wrong career path and should have been a lawyer.
The political machine is in process of chewing up this officer and spitting him out. THIS is the reason I belong to the FOP...legal representation. In my line of work, you never know when it will be your turn in the hot seat. At least I know that when push comes to shove, I have a very good firm representing me.
That is true, but in this age, doing everything right means little if the community wants "justice". It would still require a lawyer to navigate through that mess.True, but I gonna go out on a limb and say that you probably make better decisions too. Guy tries to drive off while I'm at the door? Yeah, not sticking my arm in the vehicle.
In honor of Deters declaring a certain Ohio law moot in Hamilton County, I think all Cincinnati drivers should remove their front license plates, and replace them with depictions of chicken poop.