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Mistrial declared in Cincinnati police officer murder trial

Ray Tensing arrives to court for the second time on the third day of jury deliberations in his murder trial, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, in Cincinnati.(John Minchillo/AP)
Terina Allen, Sam DuBose's sister, center left, waits outside of court on the third day of jury deliberations in the murder trial against Ray Tensing, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, in Cincinnati. (John Minchillo/AP)
Stewart Mathews, left, and Gwen Callender, center, attorneys for Ray Tensing, arrive at court for the second time on the third day of jury deliberations in Tensing's murder trial, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, in Cincinnati. (John Minchillo/AP)
Ray Tensing leaves court for the second time on the third day of jury deliberations in his murder trial, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, in Cincinnati. (John Minchillo/AP)
Ray Tensing leaves court for the second time on the third day of jury deliberations in his murder trial, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, in Cincinnati. (John Minchillo/AP)
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 12, 2016 - 6:34 am
 

CINCINNATI — An Ohio judge has declared a mistrial after the jury said it was deadlocked in the case of a white former police officer charged with murder in the fatal traffic stop shooting of an unarmed black motorist.

The Hamilton County jury had deliberated some 25 hours after getting the case at noontime Wednesday following Judge Megan Shanahan’s instructions. Twenty-six-year-old University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing shot 43-year-old Sam DuBose in the head after pulling him over for a missing front license plate on July 19, 2015.

Tensing testified he feared he was going to be killed. Prosecutors said repeatedly the evidence contradicted Tensing’s story.

The jury of 10 whites and two blacks was seated Oct. 31.

The shooting is among those across the nation that have raised attention to how police deal with blacks.

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