Deeming the jury's days-long deadlock hopeless, an OH judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing. The trial was the second for Tensing for the same incident-his first trial also resulted in a deadlocked jury and mistrial last November.
Ghiz, speaking from the bench, read from a note sent by the jurors who said they were "almost evenly split regarding our votes toward a final verdict" and unable to reach a unanimous decision.
DuBose's family said in a statement released shortly after the mistrial that they were "outraged" that a second jury failed to convict Tensing "for the murder of our beloved Sam DuBose".
Brian Taylor of the Black Lives Matter movement in Cincinnati calls the mistrial in Officer Ray Tensing's case "blatant injustice" and a "textbook example" of institutionalized racism at work. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz presides over Ray Tensing's retrial at the courthouse in Cincinnati, Monday, June 19, 2017.
Hamilton County, Ohio, prosecutor Joseph Deters announces murder and manslaughter charges against University of Cincinnati police Officer Ray Tensing on July 29, 2015.
The judge sent the jury back into deliberations to try again, the AP reported. But prosecutors argued video evidence showed the police officer wasn't dragged.
Tensing, who is white, was sacked from his job and arrested after the shooting. "I didn't shoot to kill him". Ghiz then declared a mistrial. The defense says Tensing, who pleaded not guilty, was scared DuBose would use his vehicle to kill him, so Tensing acted reasonably to try to stop the threat, The AP said. Also last week in state of Minnesota, right next door to Wisconsin, jurors found police officer Jeronimo Yanez not guilty of a crime after he killed motorist Philando Castile, whose death was streamed live on Facebook.
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Nine trains have been cancelled while a few others have been either short-terminated or diverted, PTI reported. The Agra-Bandikui rail route was also hit by the agitation.
Mr Tensing was sacked previous year by the University of Cincinnati, which announced an overhaul of its policing department.
Mr Tensing later said that he had shot because he feared that he could be run over by the auto as Mr DuBose tried to get away.
Tensing is the third officer in the past week to beat a case stemming from their on-duty shooting of a black man.
The jury was 8 to 4 not guilty of murder and 7 to 5 not guilty of manslaughter, FOX19 NOW learned.
Ghiz gave the jury of nine whites and three blacks formal instructions to re-examine their views and listen to one another's opinions. At particular issue in the trial were questions over how quickly Tensing opened fire after DuBose's vehicle began moving, and whether he'd fabricated his account of being dragged by the auto. When they came into the courtroom later in the day, the judge praised them and encouraged them to "hang in there".
During closing arguments, prosecutors said the case was a "slam-dunk" on manslaughter charges, according to NBC Cincinnati WLWT5.
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