During a widely anticipated news conference Wednesday afternoon, an Ohio county prosecutor announced that a white University of Cincinnati police officer would be indicted for the murder of Samuel DuBose, a black man shot by the officer during a traffic stop on July 19.
Prosecutor Joe Deters called the killing "asinine" and "senseless" during the news conference, saying that Ray Tensing "should never have been an officer," and released footage of the shooting from Tensing’s body camera. Earlier in the day, the university canceled classes and called on surrounding police districts to help ward off any potential riots on campus.
But Deters also called for the University of Cincinnati's police force to be disbanded and replaced with officers from the Cincinnati Police Department.
Deters, who has earned two degrees from the university and is a former trustee, described the institution itself as "wonderful" but said it shouldn’t be doing police work on campus.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/07/30/prosecutor-calls-u-cincinnati-police-force-be-disbanded-and-replaced-city-police