CINCINNATI (AP) – Potential jurors are being asked about their opinions and attitudes by the state and defense in the retrial of a police officer on murder charges in Cincinnati.
Eight potential jurors were dismissed during questioning Tuesday morning after expressing strong opinions about the case of Ray Tensing, a white police officer for the University of Cincinnati who was fired after he shot an unarmed black motorist in 2015.
A black man considered for the jury said officers unfairly target blacks; a white man wrote that Tensing should have received a medal.
Tensing has said he feared for his life when Sam DuBose tried to drive away from a traffic stop.
The first trial ended in a hung jury in November. Both sides have asked that the second trial be moved.