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In Response to Hung Jury in Ray Tensing Trial, Faith Leaders Urge Community to Abandon Calls for Peace, Demand Justice

Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Megan Shanahan declares a mistrial in the murder trial against Ray Tensing, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, in Cincinnati. Jurors failed to come up with a verdict against a white former police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist and were leaning toward a lesser […]

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Cincinnati Braces for Trial of White Officer Charged with Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Black Man

CINCINNATI (AP) — Under tight courthouse security and close monitoring by local officials concerned about keeping the peace, jury selection begins Tuesday for the murder trial of a White university police officer charged with killing an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop. Ray Tensing enters Judge Megan Shanahan’s courtroom for his pre-trial hearing on […]

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Ohio Cop Indicted on Murder Charge in Traffic Stop Killing of Samuel DuBose

Former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing appears at Hamilton County Courthouse for his arraignment in the shooting death of motorist Samuel DuBose (bottom right), Thursday, July 30, 2015, in Cincinnati. Tensing, who was indicted and fired from his job on Wednesday, shot and killed Dubose on July 19. Tensing pleaded not guilty to […]

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