A mistrial has been declared for the second time in the case of a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black motorist in OH two years ago.
Tensing was charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the July 2015 shooting death of DuBose, 43.
A week ago, Minnesota police Officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of one count of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of intentional discharge of a firearm that endangers safety in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile during a traffic stop previous year.
With small exceptions, including one conspicuous adjustment to Tensing's story - that DuBose had pinned his arm inside the auto and then accelerated, forcing him to shoot to protect himself - the retrial called the same experts, told the same stories and made the same arguments as the first. 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.
Much of the testimony and witnesses were the same in the second trial as in the first.
His first trial ended in a mistrial when the jury deadlocked.
The case is among several across the country in recent years that have raised attention to how police deal with blacks.
Shortly after 2 p.m. EDT, Judge Leslie Ghiz declared a mistrial in Ray Tensing's trial after receiving a note from the jury.
Earlier this month, a jury found a 29-year-old Minnesota police officer, Jeronimo Yanez, not guilty in the fatal shooting of black motorist Philando Castile during a traffic stop near St. Paul.
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The jury had been deliberating for more than 27 hours.
The University of Cincinnati fired Tensing past year after his indictment. In the video, Mr Tensing approaches Mr DuBose during a traffic stop. "Stop!" before firing his gun at DuBose, striking him in the head.
"[Tensing] wasn't dealing with someone wanted for murder", Deters said after Tensing was charged. DuBose said he had not done anything wrong and appeared to turn the vehicle back on, at which point Tensing drew his gun. A mistrial was declared last November after jurors could not agree on a verdict.
"I meant to stop the threat", he told jurors last week. His first trial had 10 whites and two blacks. Many, but not all, said they had previously seen at least parts of the body camera video from the incident. A spokeswoman for the county prosecutor, Joe Deters, said he won't comment until next week. After five days of deliberations, the mistrial was declared this afternoon.
Following the shooting, the University of Cincinnati restructured its public safety department and made other policing reforms.
In a statement, Audrey DuBose thanked the community for its support, commended the prosecution's "strong presentation" and invoked the names of other men around the nation killed by police officers who were not convicted.
The University of Cincinnati agreed in January 2016 to pay $4.85 million to the family of DuBose.
In May Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby was acquitted in the shooting death of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man. The charge carries a possible sentence of 15 years to life in prison. That carries a possible sentence of three to 11 years.
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