Outrage is growing after a judge in the US state of Ohio declared another mistrial in the case of a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist during a traffic stop in 2015.
Hamilton County Judge Leslie Ghiz made the decision Friday after more than 30 hours of jury deliberations over five days. Jurors were unable to reach a verdict in the trial of University of Cincinnati officer Ray Tensing.
Tensing, 27, killed 43-year-old Sam DuBose in July 2015 after pulling him over over a missing front license plate.
The first trial against Tensing also ended in a mistrial after the jury deliberated 25 hours over four days in November without reaching a verdict. The family of DuBose is demanding a third trial.
Audrey DuBose, mother of the victim, said in a statement that the family is “outraged” a second jury failed to convict the officer. She called on the Cincinnati community to join them in “peaceful protest” of what she called an…