Officer Charged in Murder of Sam DuBose Pleads Not Guilty | Sojourners

Officer Charged in Murder of Sam DuBose Pleads Not Guilty

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The officer indicted for the murder of Samuel DuBose just blocks from the University of Cincinnati campus pleaded not guilty, NBC News reports. Outrage over the shooting death of DuBose, father of 10, during a traffic stop on July 19 has been widespread since video footage surfaced Wednesday, with calls for a murder conviction for officer Ray Tensing. 

According to NBC News,

"[Tensing's] body camera will be a crucial piece of evidence in the case. City officials said Wednesday they would not have been able to indict him without it.

"It was a senseless, asinine shooting," Hamilton County prosecutor Joseph Deters said at a news conference Wednesday, adding that any use of force was unnecessary.

Tensing, however, claimed that he was being dragged, although prosecutors say the video shows otherwise."

Tensing is being held on $1 million bond. Read more here.

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