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Cincinnati: Officer Ray Tensing Pleads Not Guilty, Freed on $1 Million Bail

HeadlineJul 31, 2015

In news from Ohio, former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing has been released on a $1 million bail after pleading not guilty to the murder of Sam DuBose. Tensing, who is white, fatally shot the 43-year-old African-American man on July 19 after stopping him for not having a front license plate. Two additional officers, Phillip Kidd and David Lindenschmidt, have been placed on administrative leave. Meanwhile, new information shows that officer Phillip Kidd and another officer on scene during the DuBose shooting were involved in the death of an unarmed African-American man five years earlier. According to documents revealed by The Guardian, Phillip Kidd and officer Eric Weibel were part of a seven-officer team that tased and shackled a mentally ill man who was having a psychotic episode. The man died three days later. We’ll have more from Cincinnati after headlines.

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