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Cincinnati mayor pledges reform after fatal shooting during traffic stop
Source: The Guardian
Cincinnati mayor pledges reform after fatal shooting during traffic stop
Ryan Felton in Detroit
Wednesday 22 July 2015 23.13 BST
A traffic stop for a missing license plate shouldn’t end with a fatal shooting, Cincinnati mayor John Cranley said Wednesday.
Cranley pledged reform, in a press conference to address the fatal shooting Sunday by a University of Cincinnati police officer of a 43-year-old unarmed black man during a routine traffic stop.
Officer Ray Tensing spotted Samuel Dubose, 43, driving near the campus Sunday evening without a front license plate, according to the Associated Press. After he was pulled over, police have said Dubose didn’t show his driver’s license, produced a bottle of alcohol and refused to leave his vehicle.
Details of what transpired next remained scant Wednesday, but law enforcement authorities have said the pair engaged in a struggle before Tensing, who is white, fired one shot, striking Dubose in the head. Dubose was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Ryan Felton in Detroit
Wednesday 22 July 2015 23.13 BST
A traffic stop for a missing license plate shouldn’t end with a fatal shooting, Cincinnati mayor John Cranley said Wednesday.
Cranley pledged reform, in a press conference to address the fatal shooting Sunday by a University of Cincinnati police officer of a 43-year-old unarmed black man during a routine traffic stop.
Officer Ray Tensing spotted Samuel Dubose, 43, driving near the campus Sunday evening without a front license plate, according to the Associated Press. After he was pulled over, police have said Dubose didn’t show his driver’s license, produced a bottle of alcohol and refused to leave his vehicle.
Details of what transpired next remained scant Wednesday, but law enforcement authorities have said the pair engaged in a struggle before Tensing, who is white, fired one shot, striking Dubose in the head. Dubose was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/22/cincinnati-mayor-shooting-traffic-stop
