Protest rallies have erupted outside a courthouse in the US state of Ohio after a judge declared a mistrial in the shooting death of an African American man by a white campus police officer of University of Cincinnati.
The protests on Saturday broke out as the 12 jurors in the case of the university’s police officer Roy Tensing, who shot Sam DuBose in the head during a traffic stop in July 2015, failed to reach a unanimous verdict prompting the judge to rule the case a mistrial.
Tensing was charged with murder for the killing of 43-year-old Sam DuBose during a precautionary traffic stop, which could have resulted in a life sentence. He could have also been jailed for up to 11 years in case of a voluntary manslaughter verdict.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Hamilton County courthouse in the major city after the ruling. Black Lives Matter protesters then marched in the streets and briefly blocked streetcar line, chanting “Hands Up,…