Officer who shot Samuel DuBose faces murder trial as city braces for protests

Cincinnati officials expect renewed unrest during the trial
of Ray Tensing, whose killing of an unarmed black man has
been called ‘senseless’

Ryan Felton
Tuesday 25 October 2016 12.00 BST

The former University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot Samuel DuBose during a traffic stop for a missing license plate will face murder charges this week, as city officials and activists brace themselves for revived protests.

Ray Tensing shot and killed DuBose, an unarmed African American man, after pulling him over near the campus in July 2015.

An independent report found the shooting occurred as a result of “poor police tactics”, while the Hamilton county prosecutor said the officer’s actions were “senseless” and “asinine”.

Jury selection starts Tuesday in Tensing’s trial, with a rigorous process to whittle down a pool of 234 men and women to a few unbiased jurors. But Tensing’s lawyer, Stewart Mathews, says he is still waiting for the judge to rule on his motion to move the trial out of the city, where he doesn’t believe Tensing can get an unbiased trial.

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