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By 700 WLW News Jul 3, 2021 (Cincinnati, OH) - Former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing won't face federal criminal charges for killing Samuel DuBose in 2015.  The U.S. Attorney's Office and the Justice Department's 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 jury in each trial was deadlocked. #

Jason Whitman / WVXU Robyn Scott thought she wouldn't be able to get out of bed for a demonstration against police brutality on Saturday. The depression she's experienced since her son Melvin Murray died during a police chase was gripping her. She didn't think she could talk to a crowd of people in Roselawn about what happened. "It hurts when you can't touch your child, when you can't hug your child, when you can't talk to your child. It hurts. I couldn't get out the bed ... But I got the strength to get up because I was thinking about my child," she said, calling for the crowd to help t...

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 Floyd's civil legal team called "painfully earned justice" in a statement released after the verdict was announced. The trial's...

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 to reach a verdict in the 2018 trial, marking the first time in decades that a Chicago police office...

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-Rhine's Vine Street business district during the unrest. Her coverage earned her an Emmy nomination. WDBZ the Buzz ...