A University of Cincinnati Police officer was indicted Wednesday (July 29) on a murder charge in the death of Samuel DuBose.
Officer Ray Tensing fatally shot DuBose on July 19 at a traffic stop over an alleged missing license plate tag. The officer claims he was forced to fire after almost being run over by DuBose’s car, while video of the incident shows that the officer’s gun was fired before the car started moving. If convicted, Tensing could go to prison for life.
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After news of Tensing’s indictment broke, musicians such as Questlove, Solange Knowles and Talib Kweli shared their reactions and outrage over the situation on Twitter:
Dear world
Black people do not want to exit out of our vehicles in cop related incidents because we’ve see that end in murder TOO many times
— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) July 29, 2015
whenever a tragedy of #SamDubose levels goes down (which is becoming routine)…its the indifference of the Silent that upset me more.
— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) July 29, 2015
I always hear “not all cops are bad” well the good ones need to start outing the bad cops. Because this is just disgusting #SamDubose
— Fetty Mom (@KREAYSHAWN) July 29, 2015
They hash tagging us too quick.
They just buried #SandraBland .
R.I.P #SamDubose
This shit damn near genocide pic.twitter.com/FKXsRj1kE2
— OG Maco (@OGMaco) July 28, 2015
When I’m in Cincy I roll around with my homies from there, and I could have easily been in that car with #SamDubose
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) July 29, 2015
I couldn’t ignore #SamDubose situation even if I wanted to he got songs with my homies its that real
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) July 29, 2015
This why when it comes to the disproportionate use of deadly police force on ppl of color, it’s NOT abt class, education or respectability.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) July 29, 2015