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University of
Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing has been charged with
murder for the shooting of Samuel DuBose, in the incident, which
prosecutors called "totally unwarranted."
The Cincinnati city council unanimously voted on Wednesday to
suspend the six-year-old deal that had allowed university
officers to make traffic stops off campus.
The incident was the latest in a series of fatal police
confrontations in the state and across the United States that
have raised questions about police use of force against
minorities.
Body camera video release by Hamilton County prosecutor Joseph
Deters' office shows Tensing pulled his gun and fired once into
DuBose's car, after it began to roll forward.
Tensing, 25, had stopped DuBose, 43, for a missing front license
plate and initially claimed that DuBose dragged him as he
attempted to drive away, an account that the video contradicted.
(Reporting by Kim Palmer in Cleveland; Editing by Scott Malone
and Mohammad Zargham)
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