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By 700 WLW News Jul 3, 2021 (Cincinnati, OH) - Former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing wont face federal criminal charges for killing Samuel DuBose in 2015.  The U.S. Attorneys Office and the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division announced today they have completed their review of the deadly shooting.  Tensing fatally shot DuBose when he allegedly tried to drive away during a traffic stop. Tensing, who was tried twice for murder, claims he feared for his life.  The j...

Jason Whitman / WVXU Robyn Scott thought she wouldnt be able to get out of bed for a demonstration against police brutality on Saturday. The depression shes experienced since her son Melvin Murray died during a police chase was gripping her. She didnt think she could talk to a crowd of people in Roselawn about what happened. "It hurts when you cant touch your child, when you cant hug your child, when you cant talk to your child. It hurts. I couldnt get out the bed ... But I got the strengt...

Where The Chauvin Verdict Fits In The Recent History Of High-Profile Police Killings by Rachel Treisman 7:25pm Apr 20, 2021 A sign at a June 2020 protest against racial injustice and police violence in Seattle bears the names of people killed by police. Ted S. Warren / AP After only about 10 hours of deliberation, a jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd — an outcome Floyds civil legal team cal...

Embed iframe src "https://www.npr.org/player/embed/869302884/869306854" width "100%" height "290" frameborder "0" scrolling "no" title "NPR embedded audio player" Laquan McDonald: Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder in the October 2014 shooting death of McDonald, a Black teenager. The jury also found him guilty of 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, and acquitted him on one count of official misconduct. It took the jury about eight hours ...

Tom Uhlman / AP April 7, 2021, marked 20 years since white Officer Steven Roach shot and killed Black 19-year-old Timothy Thomas in Over-the-Rhine. The shooting, along with 14 other killings of Black males at the hands of police from 1995 to 2001, led to nearly a week of unrest in Cincinnati. The protests, lootings and chaos garnered national media attention. Reporting for WCPO, Jenell Walton interviewed NAACP President Kweisi Mfume as he toured the damaged area of Over-the-Rhines Vine Str...

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images On Monday, prosecutor Steve Schleicher led a line of questioning that perhaps stands as his team’s strongest case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin so far — not because the witness’s testimony was especially riveting but because it was coming from Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo. That the department’s highest-ranking officer was testifying against a team member immediately set the trial apart. In fact, nine other off...

Ferguson. and we saw an ohio judge declaring a mistrial in the case of former cincinnati police officer ray tensing who in 2015 shot and killed samuel dubose, an incident that was captured on body camera video. even as deadly confrontations between police of color and law enforcement continue to be recorded they also continue to produce no police convictions and black civilians must continue to keep faith that justice for all is more than a phrase. >> joining me is now is eugene odonnell, he is ...

>> -- >> obviously the fire in london has drawn attention to this type of cladding and now the question, certainly not only in the united kingdom but what other buildings could be affected. thank you for your time. >> youre welcome. were going to tell you about the development of a story that stunned the united states and certainly around the world that led to a national debate on race relations. the fatal shooting of michael brown by a police officer. >> we now know browns family will receive...

Firing once, killing dubose. in court, tensing arguing he feared for his life. >> i reached up as far as i could with my right hand and fired a shot. >> reporter: tensing is the third law enforcement officer in the last seven days to be tried for shooting a suspect. none convicted. and david, jurors in the tensing trial deliberated for 30 hours over five days. thats more than jurors did during his first trial. in a statement, the dubose family calls the mistrial unjust. david? >> alex perez toni...

Want more proof? ask your rheumatologist about humira. whats your body of proof? a second trial and a second deadlocked jury in the case of an officer who shot and killed a man during a traffic stop two years ago. >> a former university of cincinnati police officer, ray tensing shot sack yule dubose in july of 2015. he was fired from his job, arrested after the shooting, hes free on bail, though. the victims mother, audrey dubose thanked the community for its support and called for another tri...