This was a University of Cincinnati policeman. He had dropped out of the Ohio Highway Patrol after one day. The officer stopped the victim off campus for not having a front license plate. This was not his first incident off campus.
Joe Deters, the Hamilton County Prosecutor, is a very fair and conservative person. Mr. Deters is leading the prosecution himself because he claims the officer’s actions were despicable and pure and simple murder. Mr. Deters has a long history of being extremely tough on crime.
Could this be a case of micro aggression on the part of the driver? I have heard this term used by collegiate type “thinkers” but dismissed as bogus. But if it is true it should be all the time.
Deters is a legit law and order conservative with unimpeachable ethics.
This is not Baltimore.
And, Deters has never lost a case. Never.
Seems he's pretty confident in the Murder 1 charge.