READ MORE: Unarmed black man shot in head by cop during Cincinnati traffic stop
Tensing, who is a white member of the University of Cincinnati Police Department (UCPD), pulled over Samuel Dubose, a 43-year-old African-American man, on Sunday night because the officer said the driver was missing the front license plate on his car. After a brief struggle between the two men, Dubose’s car rolled forward, knocking Tensing to the ground. Tensing then shot Dubose in the head.
"I have been doing this for 30 years, and this is the most asinine act by a police officer I have ever seen," Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said during a press conference announcing the murder charge against Tensing. "This is without question a murder."
Deters said that his office has reviewed hundreds of police shootings, and that Tensing “should never have been a police officer."
“It is our belief that he was not dragged. If you slow down this tape you see what happens, it is a very slow period of time from when the car starts rolling to when a gun is out and he’s shot in the head,” Deters said.
“[Dubose] was simply, slowly rolling away,” he added.
The dozen members of the grand jury also indicted Tensing on a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. If he is convicted of murder, he faces 15 years to life in prison.
Police officers are out to arrest Tensing, who is expected to be booked later Wednesday.
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