CINCINNATI - About 100 people demonstrated peacefully and loudly while calling for justice for Sam DuBose and protesting the hung jury in the second Ray Tensing trial Friday.
A downpour that started just after the mistrial was announced in early afternoon probably kept the crowd down. By 7 p.m., all but a half dozen people had left.
The crowd stayed on the plaza in front of the courthouse and did not take to the streets, even though a 4 p.m. march had been planned.
Judge Leslie Ghiz declared a mistrial in Tensing's trial after 32 hours of deliberations over five days. The former University of Cincinnati police officer faced murder and manslaughter charges for shooting DuBose during a traffic stop on July 19, 2015.
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Brian Taylor of @blacklivescincy says verdict in #TENSINGTRIAL is "blatant injustice" @WCPO pic.twitter.com/9XAkGZ7Rz4
— Alberto Rolando (@AlbertoRolandoJ) June 23, 2017
Protestors chanting outside Hamilton County Courthouse after verdict in #TensingTrial @WCPO pic.twitter.com/5U2FkV5q0I
— Alberto Rolando (@AlbertoRolandoJ) June 23, 2017
Demonstrators from #BlackLivesMatter outside the courthouse @WCPO #TensingTrial pic.twitter.com/bGJLGrySQN
— Libby Cunningham (@WCPOLibby) June 23, 2017
