CINCINNATI — After learning that the jury in Ray Tensing’s murder trial was not close to a verdict Wednesday, Judge Megan Shanahan sequestered them overnight. Deliberations resumed at Thursday around 8:45 a.m., and a verdict could very well follow.
The jury deliberated about four hours Wednesday. It got the case just before noon following closing arguments.
Shanahan had ordered jurors to bring an overnight bag to the courthouse Wednesday morning just in case.
Remembering the riots that followed a police shooting here in 2001 and more recent instances in other cities, officials have opened the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Regional Emergency Operations Center, signaling the city is preparing for whatever follows the verdict. It is typically used for emergencies and natural disasters.
There have been small, peaceful demonstrations outside the courthouse each day since jury selection began two weeks ago. They usually involved fewer than a dozen people.
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Please pray for Ms DuBose. To sit in court and hear how a man murdered your child and then have jurors deny justice is too much.
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Thank you to hold outs in the #TensingTrial. #SamDubose Ray Tensing can be retried.
Lord Help Me To Hold Out
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Jurors hide their racial hate to sit on these juries to acquit white killer cops of their crimes. Buckle up, people. It’s about to get worse.
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To the #DuBose family. I am so so sorry for your loss, pain and suffering. I’ll keep standing with you for justice. We will never give up.
Yes. Prayers.
Breaking news
White supremacy refuses to convict a killer cop
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And now, of course, there is a zero probability for at least the next four years that the Department of Justice is going to prosecute cops.
These are some dark days, to be sure.
Sadly, I doubt there will be a retrial.
I know this is a lost cause but nevertheless… what about the DOJ? Ray Tensing was wearing a confederate shirt on the day he killed Sam DuBose. Or is that meaningless?
To me it is not meaningless that he was wearing a confederate flag shirt. He would have had to have heard all of the uproar after Dylan Roof displaying the confederate flag with his gun and all of the other hate symbols. Tensing would have had to have heard about Bree Newsome and her removal of the flag from its pole and all the the states that have been removing the confederate flags. Tensing would have know how offensive and racist the Black community considers that flag.
Tensing might have even known about the KKK meeting at Norris Dam in the Smoky Mountains in 2014 which Storefront and the group labeled “The Smoky Mountain Summit:
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Shirt worn by Tensing who said it was an “old” shirt:
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My heart is heavy for his loved ones.
Feeling very sad for them.
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Waiting for a verdict in the #TensingTrial has been draining. I’m going out to celebrate a birthday. Enjoy your weekend, everyone.
Have fun tonight, SG2.
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This is killing me.
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For God’s sake! Do your job, Tensing jury. You have everything you need. Evidence isn’t going to change. Sam DuBose was shot in the head on video by Ray Tensing when he was no threat. There was no dragging. Tensing lied. Guilty verdict!
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Whoa! Judge is not playing. She has no time for this. Do your job!
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A missing front license plate started all of this…
Sandra Bland was changing lanes.
Freddie Gray was walking in his neighborhood.
Eric Garner was standing in front of a store.
Terrence Crutcher’s car broke down.
And on and on…
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Sam DuBose with his family
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I pray I am so wrong but they will not convict this criminal killer cop. God help us.
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Oh my God! All of those hours deliberating and the #Tensing jury is hung. The deliberation should have taken one hour with a guilty verdict.
Yeah, this is what I thought yesterday. They must have a hold out and I bet it’s a hold out for a guilty verdict. The rest want acquittal most likely.
A hung jury is better than an acquittal.
I should say that a hung jury is better than an acquittal when the defendant is guilty.
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Breaking
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Jury is hung. Judge says to go back and continue to deliberate.
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You can watch live here:
http://www.fox19.com/story/33456144/trial-of-ray-tensing-live-blog-stream
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Good morning, everyone. What will happen today? My soul is uneasy. I pray justice is served and the killer cop is convicted.
Good morning , SG2.
I don’t think so. Sounds like jurors don’t want to do the right thing and convict a killer cop.
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Hmmmm. Possibly a hold out for a guilty verdict? I guess we’ll soon know.
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This does not sound good to me.
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Liza, break this down for us. What do you think this means?
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Well, my first impression is that they might be splitting hairs comparing the prosecution and defense experts. This might indicate disagreement among the jurors about what they heard and what it means. If that is true, which seems likely, then the jury is split.
We might be looking at a hold out and in our experience, it would probably be a hold out for a guilty verdict since most people seem to want to acquit all cops.
I’m just guessing, of course. But we might get a hung jury. The whole case depends on whether or not the jury can convince themselves that Tensing killing Mr. DuBose was a legitimate use of lethal force.
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Does that mean it is a hung jury?
Please God, NO!
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According to Enquirer, Tensing is back in courtroom and no word if there will be verdict today.
Last I heard verdict was to be announced at 4:00. Then I heard DuBose family arrived at courthouse about 4:10. Right now I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m streaming 100.3 Old School, who will break away when verdict is announced. They will follow that with call in show so people in the community can talk about the verdict. They have not said anything about prospective time as of 1 minute ago. If you can, I’d recommend you live stream them if you can.
A co-worker who sits next to me is a young African American man whose roots run deep in the city (Mrs. DuBose is his great aunt). He said that if Not Guilty verdict rendered the city will explode based on what he’s seen in social media. Latest news: Lincoln Ware just announced that Sam DuBose’s daughter told him Judge said verdict would be tomorrow and evidently he’s keeping the courthouse open on the holiday.
Thank you for the 411
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I’m dreading this verdict.
I still haven’t gotten over the Freddie Gray trials. (and more)
…Or George Zimmerman
Yes… I agree SG2
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Excerpt from ABC’s article titled “OFFICER ALLEGEDLY WORE CONFEDERATE FLAG T-SHIRT ON DAY OF FATAL SHOOTING”:
On an unrelated topic:
I came across an interesting Southern Poverty Law Center December 3, 2014 article titled ” ‘KLANBLY FRIENDLY’ TENNESSEE: STATE BECOMES HATE TOURIST MECCA” at this link:
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2014/12/03/klanbly-friendly-tennessee-state-becomes-hate-tourist-mecca
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