As of today 671 people have been killed
by police in the United States. When I typed in “How many people
have been killed by...” the sentence filled itself in with
...”ISIS” and “...the police in 2015.” On July 19th 43 year
old Samuel Dubose of Cincinnati, Ohio and father of thirteen was shot
and killed by 25 year old officer Raymond Tensing during a traffic
stop over a missing plate. The entire incident was recorded on a body
camera which once again made me want to shout at everyone about how
having a camera on every cop will not stop them from beating or
killing anyone the same way surveillance cameras don't stop crime. Is
it better that people that commit these crimes can be caught because
there is footage? Yes. But that doesn't bring back someone who was
killed for no reason.
Prosecuting attorney Joseph T. Deters
stated “It was a senseless, asinine shooting. This doesn't happen
in the United States, okay? This might happen in Afghanistan. People
don't get shot for a traffic stop.” He also said “This office has
probably reviewed upwards of hundreds of police shootings, and this
is the first time that we've thought this is without question a
murder.”
