Death of Samuel DuBose

The shooting of Samuel DuBose occurred during a traffic stop on July 19, 2015, in Cincinnati, Ohio. University of Cincinnati officer Ray Tensing shot DuBose during a traffic stop near the university campus, after noticing he had a missing front license plate. When he failed to step out of the vehicle, Tensing struggled with DuBose to open the car door and was shot once in the head. In a police report filed by Tensing after the incident, Tensing stated that he was dragged by DuBose's vehicle forcing Tensing to fire his weapon.

Tensing was wearing a body-mounted video camera, which he activated before the traffic stop, which prosecutors state shows no such dragging event. The video was released by the prosecuting attorney on July 29. On that day, Tensing was charged with murder and is currently held at the Hamilton County Justice Center shortly after 2 am. His lawyer said that Tensing didn't intend to kill. That night, as the University of Cincinnati announced they would resume normal hours the following day, a Black Lives Matter rally was held on Cincinnati's Central Parkway.