Angry protesters in the US state of Ohio have called on authorities to try for the third time a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black man in 2015.
Dozens of activists gathered at the University of Cincinnati on Wednesday night to demand justice for Sam DuBose, a black motorist who was killed by Ray Tensing, a former cop who worked at the university.
Tensing killed DuBose during a traffic stop over a missing front license plate. The former cop claims he used his gun in self defense because he was being dragged by Dubose’s vehicle
So far, two murder and voluntary manslaughter trials against the former cop have ended up in mistrials. In both cases, the juries failed to reach a verdict after hours-long deliberations.
Hamilton County’s prosecutor says that the final decision on a retrial will be taken by the week of July 10.
