Bond set at $1M for Ohio cop accused of killing driver

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[h=4]Bond set at $1M for Ohio cop accused of killing driver[/h]CINCINNATI — A former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a man he pulled over for a missing front license plate pleaded not guilty in court Thursday.

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Video was released from University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing's body camera of Samuel DuBose's fatal shooting. USA TODAY

Ray Tensing, dismissed from his job as a University of Cincinnati police officer, enters the Hamilton County courthouse July 30, 2015, before his arraignment on charges of murdering a motorist.(Photo: Carrie Cochran, The Cincinnati Enquirer)

CINCINNATI — A former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a man he pulled over for a missing front license plate pleaded not guilty in court Thursday.
Ray Tensing, 25, killed Samuel DuBose, 43, on July 19 as the unarmed black man delayed producing his driver's license during the traffic stop near the university's campus. Judge Megan Shanahan of Hamilton County Common Pleas Court set Tensing's bond at $1 million during the arraignment as Tensing bowed his head, closed his eyes and never looked at anyone.
Applause broke out in the courtroom when Shanahan set*the high bond, but she*immediately put a stop to it, admonishing spectators.
"This is a courtroom," she said.
Outside the courtroom, DuBose’s family and friends demanded a conviction. They hugged; they shed tears.
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"If this man doesn’t get convicted, they can shoot me in the head, too,"*said Kimberly Thomas, DuBose’s friend.
For a few seconds, they broke into chant of “no justice, no peace.” Courthouse security ordered them to be quiet.

Samuel DuBose, 43, of Cincinnati died July 19 during a University of Cincinnati police traffic stop.*(Photo: Hamilton County (Ohio) Sheriff's Office)

DuBose was the 637th person killed by police since Jan. 1,*19 in Ohio,*according to a*Guardian*database. The British newspaper has been gathering data from*news reports and social media to count deaths caused by law-enforcement officers across the USA.
Since DuBose's death July 19, 27 others have died at the hands of police, the database shows. More than a quarter of the 2015 total so far were black; about 13% of the U.S. population identifies as black.
Tensing's personnel file from nearly four years on the Greenhills police force, his job before being hired in April 2014 at the University of Cincinnati, shows that he used a Taser on a motorist during a January 2012 traffic stop, according to documents*The Enquirer*obtained through a public-records request. The officer claimed the driver, who was not identified, was resisting arrest.
The file from Greenhills, a*Cincinnati suburb of about 3,500 residents, does not detail why Tensing stopped the motorist nor his race.
"Officer had*suspect at the side of his car," according to a statement from another driver who witnessed the 2012 incident. "Suspect started hitting*officer and trying to get away. I stopped to help*officer and grabbed suspect's leg. Suspect continued to fight. Officer told him to stop or he would get Tazed. Suspect continued to fight so officer Tazed him and took him into custody."
Tensing reported that he received bruising and cuts to his right index and middle fingers during the struggle, but few other details are included in the file.
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Tensing has been a police officer for a little more than four years, joining*the Greenhills police force part*time in April 2011, a job that became full time in March 2013 and continued part time for eight months after the University of Cincinnati hired him. In Greenhills, 9 in 10 residents are white.
On Wednesday,*Tensing was charged with murder after a Hamilton County grand jury indicted him earlier in the week in the DuBose case. Among the crucial pieces of evidence was body-camera video that contradicted the account of the incident that Tensing gave to investigators.
That day, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters*said he believed Tensing's shooting of DuBose was purposefully carried out.
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"This is the most asinine act I've ever seen a police officer make," Deters said. "It was senseless. It's just horrible."
Tensing's lawyer,*Stewart Mathews, said he would do his best to raise the money to get his client out of jail Thursday. Tensing can post 10% of the $1 million bond, an amount that can be raised through a lien on a house.
Tensing's father, Paul Tensing, and other family members were in the courtroom during the arraignment, but none would comment after the hearing. Paul Tensing is a retired Springfield Township firefighter.
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Mathews repeated his stance afterward*that Ray Tensing, who had reached through DuBose's lowered car window during the traffic stop, feared for his life when the officer felt DuBose starting to drive away.
Deters said the car started to roll after the officer shot DuBose in the head, which instantly killed him.
“There are two sides to things,” Mathews said. “This case will be tried in a courtroom.”
The DuBose family lawyer, Mark O'Mara, said no bond should have been set.
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“This was murder without justification," said O'Mara, who represented George Zimmerman in the 2012 Trayvon Martin shooting in Sanford, Fla. "Tensing was in a position of authority*and should be held to a higher standard.”
DuBose's death raises questions about the training of University of Cincinnati police officers, who have an agreement with the city allowing them to patrol off the campus of more than 40,000 students. On Wednesday, University of Cincinnati officials dismissed Tensing from its police force.
Tensing, whose lawyer told Shanahan that he was a 2012 cum laude graduate of the University of Cincinnati,*turned himself in soon after Deters' news conference and spent the night in Hamilton County's jail.
Contributing: Jason Williams, The Cincinnati Enquirer

OFFICER CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CINCINNATI MOTORIST STOPOfficer's bodycam video released in Dubose shooting | 02:41Video was released from University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing's body camera of Samuel DuBose's fatal shooting. USA TODAY

OFFICER CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CINCINNATI MOTORIST STOPUniversity of Cincinnati officer indicted after shooting man | 00:40A white University of Cincinnati officer was indicted for murder charges Wednesday after he shot an unarmed black man during a July 19 traffic stop.
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OFFICER CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CINCINNATI MOTORIST STOPUniversity cop kills unarmed man during traffic stop | 01:04A University of Cincinnati cop killed an unarmed man during a traffic stop. Authorities say Officer Ray Tensing stopped Samuel Dubose and asked for a driver's license, which Dubose couldn't produce. The two men struggled and Tensing fired once. VPC

OFFICER CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CINCINNATI MOTORIST STOPOH Prosecutor: Deadly Traffic Stop 'Senseless' | 01:49A University of Cincinnati police officer who shot a motorist during a traffic stop over a missing front license plate has been indicted on murder charges. AP

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