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Officer Kidd, whose body cam video shows him running over to the shooting scene, also said he saw Tensing being dragged by DuBose.
"He was dragging me," Tensing said to Kidd.
"Yeah I saw that," Kidd responded.
In the official incident report on the shooting, Officer Eric Wiebel writes that Kidd said he saw DuBose's car drag Tensing.
"Officer Kidd told me that he witnessed the Honda Accord drag Officer Tensing, and that he witnessed Officer Tensing fire a single shot," Wiebel wrote.
Video released from Tensing's own bodycam showed that he was not actually dragged by the car. Tensing was charged with murder Wednesday. He pleaded not guilty Thursday morning and is being held on $1 million bond.
www.nbcnews.com...
originally posted by: Edumakated
No one is arguing that police are always right. But I am getting sick of all this Monday morning quarterbacking. It only takes a split second for what could have been a simple traffic stop to a cop being killed by not paying attention. Go look up the videos with cops getting blasted after pulling someone over.
THere was a cop killed a few weeks ago. Pulled a car over and got blasted before he even got to the window of the car.
originally posted by: starfoxxx
originally posted by: Edumakated
No one is arguing that police are always right. But I am getting sick of all this Monday morning quarterbacking. It only takes a split second for what could have been a simple traffic stop to a cop being killed by not paying attention. Go look up the videos with cops getting blasted after pulling someone over.
THere was a cop killed a few weeks ago. Pulled a car over and got blasted before he even got to the window of the car.
That is not what this thread is about... I understand a cops job is dangerous.
They still have no right sticking a barrel of a gun to the temple of a unarmed black man, pulling the triggers, because
you decided not to stay stopped.
It may just end with you getting caught and thrown in jail or it could end with you being shot.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: Edumakated
The guy told the officer that we would ID himself!
It was the cop that decided that he want to escalate the situation.
The guy was cooperating.
Absolutely stand up for your rights.
So tired of this line of thought.
originally posted by: Edumakated
The one common factor in all the incidents? People not STFU and resisting arrest. You have to have a low digit IQ if you think mouthing off, talking back, and being aggressive with a cop is going to end well for you.
These events are tragic but at the end of the day, none of it would have happened had the guy / gal just STFU. You have to know when to pick your battles.
I'm a black male so I understand what it is like to feel as if you are being targeted. However, my dad was a cop and he taught me earlier on to just STFU EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE RIGHT AND THE COP IS WRONG.
What you numbnuts don't seem to get is that police are already on edge. They have no idea who you are when they pull you over. They don't know if you are Sunday school teacher or if you got a body in the trunk. All they want is to do their job and get home to their families that night. When you start copping an attitude, you are escalating a situation with a person who is already on edge.
No one is arguing that police are always right. But I am getting sick of all this Monday morning quarterbacking. It only takes a split second for what could have been a simple traffic stop to a cop being killed by not paying attention. Go look up the videos with cops getting blasted after pulling someone over.
THere was a cop killed a few weeks ago. Pulled a car over and got blasted before he even got to the window of the car.
originally posted by: six67seven
originally posted by: Edumakated
The one common factor in all the incidents? People not STFU and resisting arrest. You have to have a low digit IQ if you think mouthing off, talking back, and being aggressive with a cop is going to end well for you.
These events are tragic but at the end of the day, none of it would have happened had the guy / gal just STFU. You have to know when to pick your battles.
I'm a black male so I understand what it is like to feel as if you are being targeted. However, my dad was a cop and he taught me earlier on to just STFU EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE RIGHT AND THE COP IS WRONG.
What you numbnuts don't seem to get is that police are already on edge. They have no idea who you are when they pull you over. They don't know if you are Sunday school teacher or if you got a body in the trunk. All they want is to do their job and get home to their families that night. When you start copping an attitude, you are escalating a situation with a person who is already on edge.
No one is arguing that police are always right. But I am getting sick of all this Monday morning quarterbacking. It only takes a split second for what could have been a simple traffic stop to a cop being killed by not paying attention. Go look up the videos with cops getting blasted after pulling someone over.
THere was a cop killed a few weeks ago. Pulled a car over and got blasted before he even got to the window of the car.
Doesnt take a numbnut to realize you have incredible bias as your dad is a cop. I think most can agree a polite citizen during a traffic stop goes a looong way.
BUUUUUT...
Ive never seen a cop get killed by words from someones mouth...whether they're polite, defensive, I-know-my-rights, impolite or loud words. You're free to defend cops in general, but this incident is cut and dry. There was no violent reaction by Dubose. There was no verbal attack made by Dubose. There was no felony committed by Dubose. There was no weapon on Dubose. There was no physical threat Dubose made toward Tensing.
THIS murder never should've happened. If you want to blame Dubose for being shot in the head by a cop, fine, but you'd fit right in with us numbnuts.