Cincinnati Braces for Riots After Cop Kills Black Man on Camera

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A routine traffic stop once again turned deadly in the US heartland, and this time, the police are scared: the dashcam footage is reportedly so gruesome that the city of Cincinnati is preparing for riots as well as the officer’s indictment.

Samuel Dubose, 43, was fatally shot in the head last week by Officer Ray Tensing of the University of Cincinnati’s police department. It has been reported that Dubose’s face was “blown off” from the blast. He was pronounced dead at the scene.


The officer claimed that Dubose did not produce his driver’s license and showed the officer a bottle of alcohol while refusing to leave his vehicle. It is unclear what happened next, as the department has remained tight-lipped about the details.

In a 911 call, Tensing reported that he was “almost run over” by Dubose, but in the officer’s incident report he claimed he was “dragged” by the vehicle.

The officer involved was wearing a body camera, but the city is not in any rush to release it, and for once they appear to know that the killing was unjustified.

"The video is not good," Chief Jeffrey Blackwell told WCPO. "I think the city manager has said that also publicly. I'll leave it there."

In a statement to press, City Manager Harry Black openly admitted that the man did not deserve to die.

"It's not a good situation," Black said. "It's a tragic situation, someone has died that did not necessarily need to die."

Since his death, hundreds have protested along with Dubose’s family demanding the release of the body camera footage. There was also a massive turnout of supporters at his funeral, which took place on Tuesday.

At the funeral, Dubose was described as sweet, kind, gentle, and a good man. He was further described as a jokester who always wanted to make people smile. He also had nearly 20 children.

A childhood friend, Dana, also told the Guardian that “There’s no excuse for what they did, everyone who knew him, loved him.”

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In what activists are calling a smear campaign, the mainstream US media has pointed out that Dubose had racked up over 70 charges against him, though none of them were violent.

“He was kind of a linchpin for a lot of people in this community,” Solomon Oyeyemi, a longtime friend, told the Guardian.

Following the shooting, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley immediately pledged police reform that will implement new training and transparency policies in the department.

The case is currently being presented to a grand jury and a decision is expected to be made this week.

 

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blatant violation of human rights。Again。

 

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blatant violation of human rights。Again。

African Americans Face More Danger Than Others in US Police Custody - NGO
AFP 2015/ Eduardo Munoz Alvarez
03:58 29.07.2015(updated 04:12 29.07.2015) Get short URL

Advocacy group PoliceAbuse.com Executive Director Diop Kamau claims that the recent reported run of suspicious deaths in police custody confirms that African Americans are in more peril when arrested than other groups in the United States.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The recent reported run of suspicious deaths in police custody confirms that African Americans are in more peril when arrested than other groups in the United States, advocacy group PoliceAbuse.com Executive Director Diop Kamau told Sputnik.

“It’s a sad statement of the condition of the general criminal justice system and the police in particular, but I think that the inherent danger for African Americans is higher than any other group in custody, and this string of deaths bears out that statement,” Kamau said on Tuesday.

Kamau was speaking after a young African American woman, Ralkina Jones, was found dead in an Ohio jail cell after being arrested over a row with her husband.

The activist noted the chances of being seriously hurt as a minority arrested for any sort of disruptive behaviour were very high, but added that such dangers existed across the United States for white people too.

Kamau blamed a lack of training and education among jail employees on how to properly deal with challenging situations.

“A jail staffer is paid significantly less than police officers, they’re trained much less than officers are trained, and they are inclined to take any sort of provocation and escalate it in many ways worse than an officer might on the street,” Kamau said.

Jones’ case is the latest in a series of suspicious deaths in police detention that have prompted protests and calls for police reforms.

Earlier in July, African American activist Sandra Bland was was found dead in her detention cell after allegedly hanging herself with a garbage bag following her controversial arrest by a Texas state trooper. The Texas authorities determined the death was a suicide, but Bland’s family has demanded an investigation.

On July 14, 2015, Native American Rexdale Henry was also found dead in his prison cell in Mississippi for unknown reasons. Henry, a member of the Choctaw Native American tribe, was previously arrested for not paying a traffic fine.

Baltimore was swept by days of protest riots after after 25-year-old African-American Freddie Gray died of a spinal cord injury while in police custody. Six police officers have been charged in connection with Gray’s death, all have pleaded not guilty.

According to US government prison data, 4,309 inmates in local jails or state prisons died in 2012.

Health issues were the main cause of death in state jails, but suicide was the leading cause of death in local jails.

About one-third of suicides in local jails occurred within seven days of being arrested.

 

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blatant violation of human rights。Again。

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