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Former University of Cincinnati Cop Who Killed Sam Dubose Awarded $350,000 Settlement
Talk about adding insult to injury. Not only did former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing walk away with zero repercussions after shooting and killing an unarmed black man, but apparently, he’ll be paid handsomely for his trouble after receiving a settlement from the university. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Tensing will receive almost…
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Charges Against Ray Tensing, Former University of Cincinnati Cop Who Shot and Killed Sam Dubose, Formally Dismissed
Former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing will officially walk away after shooting and killing an unarmed black man after the voluntary manslaughter and murder charges against him were formally dropped Monday. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz dismissed the charges with prejudice, meaning that the criminal case…
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Former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing Will Not Face 3rd Trial in Shooting Death of Sam Dubose
It looks as if former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing is going to walk free after shooting and killing an unarmed black motorist two years ago. Hamilton County, Ohio, Prosecutor Joe Deters announced Tuesday that he was dropping the case against Tensing, who fatally shot 43-year-old Sam Dubose after two previous juries were…
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Mistrial Declared for 2nd Time in Case of Ohio Cop Who Shot and Killed Sam Dubose
For the second time, jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of Ray Tensing, the (now-former) University of Cincinnati police officer who shot Sam Dubose in the head during a traffic stop. According to WCPO, jury deliberations began Monday after six days of testimony and one day of closing arguments…
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Everything You Need to Know About the Retrial of the Cop Who Killed Sam Dubose and Is Getting Away With It
Hamilton County, Ohio, Judge Leslie Ghiz delayed jury selection Tuesday in the retrial of Ray Tensing, the police officer who shot Sam Dubose during a 2015 traffic stop. After Ghiz severely restricted media access to the trial, an Ohio appeals court granted a request filed by the Associated Press and other news outlets to…
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Ray Tensing to Be Retried in May
On Monday a judge said that Ray Tensing, the now former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the death of Sam Dubose, will be retried May 25, Cincinnati.com reports. Hamilton County, Ohio, Judge Leslie Ghiz said that she expects the case to remain in the county. Last month Joe Deters,…
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Cincinnati Prosecutor to Retry Former Officer in Sam Dubose Shooting Death
Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Deters announced Tuesday that he will retry former Police Officer Ray Tensing in the fatal shooting of Sam Dubose, a black man, during a traffic stop last year, CBS News reports. “It is our belief that the public attention that has been focused on the Tensing case could have, in fact, seeped…
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Mistrial Declared in Case of Ohio Officer Who Killed Sam Dubose
An Ohio judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Ray Tensing, the ex-University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot and killed Sam Dubose, an unarmed black man who was pulled over for a minor traffic violation last year, according to the New York Times. The jury of 10 whites and two blacks…
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Ohio Officer Who Fatally Shot Sam Dubose Was Wearing Confederate Flag T-Shirt Under Uniform: Report
A T-shirt featuring the Confederate battle flag, reportedly worn by former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing under his uniform when he fatally shot Sam Dubose—an unarmed black man—was part of the presentation of evidence Friday in Tensing’s murder trial, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. According to the report, the shirt was submitted as evidence…
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The Footage Of Sam DuBose's Murder Is Hard To Watch, Which Is Why We Must Watch It
Earlier today, University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing was charged with murder in the death of Sam DuBose, a man Tensing stopped for a traffic violation two weeks ago. Tensing has turned himself in, and the city seems poised to distance themselves as far as possible from him, using words like “senseless” and “asinine”…