The 'Senseless' Killing of Samuel DuBose

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 31, 2015

Tana Weingartner, reporter and Digital News Editor at WVXU Public Radio in Cincinnati, discusses the police shooting of Samuel DuBose by police officer Ray Tensing in Cincinnati, for which Tensing has been charged with murder, and the community's reaction to latest tragic incident involving a white police officer, a black motorist, and a video.

Then Jocelyn Simonson, assistant professor at Brooklyn Law School, talks about the larger issue of police body cameras.

Cincinnati Prosecutor Joe Deters on #SamDuBose: “This is the most asinine act I have ever seen a police officer make. Totally unwarranted."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 31, 2015

.@TanaWeingartner with Ohio insider info: many people drive without front license plate, which is allegedly why #SamDuBose was pulled over.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 31, 2015

@BrianLehrer I live in Ohio & if you dont have a front liscence you are asking to be pulled over. I'm a white women & this happened to me.
— Jessica B (@CrochetAnything) July 31, 2015

@BrianLehrer I understand that University Police in Cincinnati have gun & arrest privileges, but what interest do UP have in licence plates
— Shropshire Slasher (@joecool57h) July 31, 2015

Here's the collaborative agreement @TanaWeingartner just referred to, btwn Cincinnati Police + community in 2001: http://t.co/IDXmKXN4NE
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 31, 2015

Now: what we’re learning from police body camera videos, with @j_simonson (former public defender, prof @BrooklynLaw).
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 31, 2015

"I don't know that this Cincinnati story would've been national news a year ago. But something has changed in America." - @BrianLehrer
— Josh Weinberger (@kitson) July 31, 2015

@BrianLehrer What's the difference btw the pretense stop (that the police officer caller just admitted to) & profiling?
— Fafa Sojidellha (@fafa019) July 31, 2015

@BrianLehrer every cop who doesn't condemn these disgusting actions by their fellow officers is complicit in the problem.
— Scott Rudd (@scottruddmusic) July 31, 2015

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