The car’s passenger, who recorded the incident, told BuzzFeed News that Tensing pulled open the car door in the same way he tried to open Samuel Dubose’s door before fatally shooting him during a July traffic stop.
Two men told BuzzFeed News they were racially profiled by University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing – charged with murder this week for fatally shooting an unarmed black man – during a May 2014 traffic stop. They got the interaction on video:
The video was uploaded by Demetrius Pace, who was a passenger in the car.
Pace, 27, a former UC student, told BuzzFeed News that his cousin, who was the driver, was pulled over for having a cracked bumper.
Pace said he began recording because the UC officer – the only one who appears in the video – was "aggressive" and used "bullying tactics" to try to get him out of the car.
This week, Pace said he and his cousin recognized the officer after prosecutors released the body camera video showing Tensing pulling over Samuel Dubose for a missing front license plate. Tensing demanded Dubose's driver's license, and Dubose said he had one but didn't have it on him. Tensing then told Dubose to take off his seatbelt, and began to open Dubose's car door. Dubose accelerated, and Tensing fatally shot the unarmed man in the head. Tensing has been charged with murder and was fired.
During the May 2014 incident with Pace and his cousin, Pace said, "[Tensing] opened my door like he did in the video of Sam."
"I'm 100% sure it was Tensing who pulled us over," Pace said. His cousin, who did not wish to be identified for work purposes, told BuzzFeed News that when he saw the Dubose video he knew it was the same officer.
BuzzFeed News couldn't independently confirm it was Tensing in the video. The University of Cincinnati did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News' request to confirm Tensing's identity.
Screen grab from 2014 video
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