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>> that is officer ray tensing, the university of cincinnati police officer who shot and killed sam dubose during a traffic stop. the family of sam dubose sat in the courtroom this morning as officer tensing pleaded not guilty of murder. and the judge set his bail. >> the defendant is facing the possibility of life in prison. it's the court's duty to ensure his appearance. the bond will be 1 million any way. ladies and gentlemen, this is a courtroom. you will conduct yourselves at all times appropriately. >> today, the prosecutor's office confirmed it is investigating two of the other officers...

Attorney. back with us msnbc joy reid. we heard that big cheer go up in the courtroom today when the bail was announced that $1 million being so high. again, this seems like one of the emotional reactions to more than just this case to having seen other officers in situations like this being treated much more lightly. so moments like that seem to carry much more surprise. >> yeah. absolutely. i think first of all it is so rare. it is factually so rare for a police officer to be charged, let alone convicted and that hasn't happened yet for the the killing of a civilian. it is incredibly excepti...

How vigorously the prosecution argues it. you only need to remember the rodney king case to remember that video that seems damming to the public to a reasonable person watching it does not always, and does not often result in the conviction of police officers. it depends on what the jury believes about the a officer's state of mind. this is a story that is just beginning. we have seen time and time again going back decades that it is very difficult to convict police officers in the killing of civilians, very difficult. and depending on the jury you pick, sometimes it is impossible. >> the rodn...

There was in fact a threat to himself and there was in fact a threat to others. officer tensing will likely argue that mr. dubose could have not only harmed him, as well as over officers other people with an automobile. >> joy reid the officer tensing has been able to make his bail today. that's normally -- figure is usually 10% of what the announced bail is. >> that's correct. >> so joy, he will be released as a result of being able to do that. this issue of state of mind is also -- there's also the question the jury is basically going to be put through the body cameras in to the officer's po...

That the public was in danger. that in fact mr. dubose may have used the automobile as a deadly weapon. based on the information we have right now, it appears that officer tensing did not need to discharge his firearm and that there certainly wasn't a dragging based on what we can see right now. >> i want to listen to one other thing that officer tensing's lawyer said about the officer's state of mind and what will in effect be his self defense claim. >> that's correct. >> let's listen to this. >> he was fearful for his own life. he thought he was going to die. he thought he would be sucked un...