Cincinnati, you're on the clock

[User 1019]

Cop shoots black man in the head as he attempts to flee.

Police officer shoots man to death in Cincinnati - CNN.com

 

[LongTimeListener]

13 kids, more than 60 arrests ... Sometimes the "opposing viewpoint" script writes itself, huh?

 

[LongTimeListener]

But man, if I had a nickel for every time I've been pulled over for a missing front license plate ...

 

[User 1019]

13 kids, more than 60 arrests ... Sometimes the "opposing viewpoint" script writes itself, huh?

Doesn't necessarily mean he needed to die for fleeing a traffic stop.

But what I'm concerned about is that the cop hasn't been interviewed yet.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Yeah I know. And almost all of the arrests were related to driving. Just trying to predict the debate.

I wonder if the cop will talk at all.

 

[britwrit]

Tensing asked several times to see Dubose's driver's license, Cincinnati police said. Instead, police said, Dubose handed the officer a bottle of alcohol.

I guess campus cops get really teed off when you suggest they're just there to party.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

At least he was wearing a body camera. Let's see if he had it on at that time.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I've been driving without a front license plate in the same state for five years.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

"He was full of love" ...great quote

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

"He was full of love" ...great quote

The dead man, who was shot in the head, was Samuel Dubose, a 43-year-old father of 13 children, according to CNN affiliate WKRC-TV.

He was definitely full of love sauce.

Maybe as a form of restitution the University of Cincinnati basketball team could play a home and home against Dubose's kids.

 

[Chef2]

OK: I could live to be 1,000 years old, and this line will never make any sense to me....... "Tensing fell to the ground as he fired the shot, bruising his legs and tearing his uniform"

 

[Chef2]

The cop asked for his driver's license. He hands him a bottle of alcohol.

Cop must not have like Colt 45.

 

[poindexter]

They were going to watch a movie on a projector that night??
What the hell is going on in the black community?

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

They were going to watch a movie on a projector that night??
What the hell is going on in the black community?

Know what I'll bet that movie wasn't about?
Abstinence.

 

[Ace]

Seriously, you've got the guy for driving without a front license plate, probably DUI and maybe assault depending on the "struggle."

That's worth shooting someone in the head when they try to flee? Who is in danger at that point?

Why do so many police seem to think that's the right course of action?

 

[Chef2]

He was full of love.
Now, he's full of lead.

 

[Batman]

Seriously, you've got the guy for driving without a front license plate, probably DUI and maybe assault depending on the "struggle."

That's worth shooting someone in the head when they try to flee? Who is in danger at that point?

Whoever he comes across on the road while engaging in a drunken police chase?
Not saying that it's worth a bullet in the head, but there certainly was some level of danger to the public.

 

[Batman]

They were going to watch a movie on a projector that night??
What the hell is going on in the black community?

With 13 kids, he probably needed to rent out a theater for movie night.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Did any of the kids molest a sister?

 

[YankeeFan]

But man, if I had a nickel for every time I've been pulled over for a missing front license plate ...

I don't get this criticism. You have to have two plate sin Ohio:

Types of Ohio License Plates
All motor vehicles owned by Ohio residents and operated on public roads are required to display license plates issued by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV).

Most vehicles will have 2 license plates. Some vehicles, such as motorcycles and mopeds, only need 1 license plate.

Rear license plates must have clearly visible expiration stickers.

Ohio License Plates & Placards Information | DMV.org

It shouldn't be a "revenue grab" and it shouldn't result in such expensive fines that the someone pulled over remains trapped in the legal system for years by an inability to pay, but if you've got an expired tag, or missing plate, shouldn't you expect to get pulled over?