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Ohio: Mistrial Declared for White Officer Ray Tensing, Who Killed Sam DuBose

HeadlineNov 14, 2016

In Ohio, the trial of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, who shot and killed 43-year-old Sam DuBose last year, has ended in a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Officer Tensing, who is white, fatally shot DuBose, who is black, after Officer Tensing stopped DuBose over a traffic violation. Tensing was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a Confederate battle flag under his uniform when he fatally shot DuBose in the head.

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