honda accord and was forced to shoot the driver. a statement hard to reconcile with the video. you can t look at that video and say that police report follows the video. it doesn t. it contradicts it. if there wasn t a video available, i do not believe we would have had an indictment. reporter: now the prosecutor in cincinnati looking at the possible of other charges based on this, the police officer s own words. this is the police report filled out the day after the incident. officer tensing said he felt he had to shoot because he was going to be dragged and possibly killed by the driver. other officers on the scene seem to be taking his side and backing up what he is saying. the prosecutor looking to see whether they falsified the report. miguel marquez, cnn, new york. a quick break. when we come back we want to give you an update on the breaking news. investigators are on their way to the western indian ocean for
the car. that is what he and his attorney have previously claimed. the prosecutor has dismissed those claims saying he believes tensing fell to the ground after firing his shot. now, the arraignment today was very brief. lasting no more than five minutes. immediately after a hairing a small group of demonstrators gathered on the steps. yesterday the scene was much larger. some 3 to 400 demonstrators gathering and rallying for justice. things were peaceful in keeping with the request of the dubose family. they say they won t want sam s dubose. the family spoke outside court this morning reacting to the judge s announcement of that $1 million bond for officer tensing. i was delighted to hear that. i do not want him to be walking the streets, especially since he s saying he s so devastated from being in jail but not devastated for killing our brother. i will spend the rest of my
with the attorney for this officer, and my question was why did he put his hand inside the car? listen to the response he tells me. if you watch the tape he officer tensing was not satisfied with the responses he was getting. he wanted to confirm the identity of mr. dubose. he wanted him to step out of the vehicle. officer tensing attempted to open the door at which time you see dubose pull the door shut with one hand. with the other hand he s sticking the key in the ignition instantly dropping it down to the gearshift, putting it in drive and taking off. officer tensing felt he was close enough kind of leaning into the car and this is his his mistake he thought he would get the key out of the ignition and stop mr. dubose from leaving. reporter: so he was trying to take the keys out of the
forced to shoot after almost being run over. i m getting dragged behind got caught i think by my pants. he drug me i think i m good, yeah. prosecutors say tensing s police report directly contradicts what that video show. joining mess from cincinnati jean casarez, you saw officer tensing in that courtroom. how did he appear to you? reporter: tall very tall stressed serious, focused, everything you would hope a defendant could be facing murder. i ve got to tell you it was a packed courtroom, i mean wall to wall people were standing. everybody is talking about the defense, because the defense is saying that the officer was dragged, and when did it all start? how did he get tangled up if he did? i just had a sit-down interview
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