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FILE – In this June 8, 2017, file pool photo, Ray Tensing listens to a prosecutor's opening statement during the former University of Cincinnati police officer's retrial at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. The union representing Tensing, who fatally shot unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose during a July 2015 traffic stop, is moving forward with a grievance seeking his reinstatement with University of Cincinnati police and back pay, following mistrials on murder charges in November 2016 and June 2017. The university has said it doesn't intend to rehire Tensing. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool, File)
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Terina Allen, Sam DuBose's sister, listens to Ray Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer, testify on the seventh day of his retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz's courtroom Friday, June 16, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer, is charged with murdering Sam DuBose during a routine traffic stop on July 19, 2015. Tensing's lawyer, Stew Mathews, has said Tensing fired a single shot. (Cara Owsley/ The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Ray Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer, testifies on the seventh day of his retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz's courtroom Friday, June 16, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer, is charged with murdering Sam DuBose during a routine traffic stop on July 19, 2015. Tensing's lawyer, Stew Mathews, has said Tensing fired a single shot. (Cara Owsley/ The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Terina Allen, Sam DuBose's sister, listens to Ray Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer, testify on the seventh day of his retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz's courtroom Friday, June 16, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer, is charged with murdering Sam DuBose during a routine traffic stop on July 19, 2015. Tensing's lawyer, Stew Mathews, has said Tensing fired a single shot. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Ray Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer, testifies on the seventh day of his retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz's courtroom Friday, June 16, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer, is charged with murdering Sam DuBose during a routine traffic stop on July 19, 2015. Tensing's lawyer, Stew Mathews, has said Tensing fired a single shot. (Cara Owsley /The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Ray Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer, testifies on the seventh day of his retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz's courtroom Friday, June 16, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer, is charged with murdering Sam DuBose during a routine traffic stop on July 19, 2015. Tensing's lawyer, Stew Mathews, has said Tensing fired a single shot. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer, via AP, Pool)
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Hamilton County, Ohio, assistant prosecutor Seth Tieger presents Ray Tensing's .40-caliber handgun to prosecution witness Martin Odom (not seen) of the Cincinnati Police Department, during testimony in the retrial of former University of Cincinnati police officer Raymond Tensing, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. Tensing is charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose during a July 19, 2015, traffic stop. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Ray Tensing, right, listens as his interview with Cincinnati police investigators is played during his retrial Friday, June 9, 2017, in the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. In the second day of testimony Friday, June 9, 2017, in the former University of Cincinnati police officer's murder retrial over the fatal shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose during a July 2015 traffic stop, Ohio jurors saw Tensing's videotaped statement to Cincinnati police investigators in which he said he believed DuBose "was actively trying to kill me" with the car he was driving. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Audrey DuBose, left, the mother of Sam DuBose, an unarmed black motorist fatally shot during a July 2015 traffic stop, and one of her daughters, Terina Allen, right, listen to proceedings during Ray Tensing's retrial Monday, June 12, 2017, in the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. The former University of Cincinnati police officer, charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter, has said he thought DuBose was trying to kill him with his car, prompting Tensing to open fire to stop the threat. Fellow University of Cincinnati police officer David Lindenschmidt testified Monday, June 12, 2017, there was "no question" he heard tires squealing before a gunshot. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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University of Cincinnati police officer David Lindenschmidt, left, talks about his body camera during the third day of testimony in the retrial of Ray Tensing, right, on Monday, June 12, 2017, in the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. Lindenschmidt testified Monday, June 12, 2017, there was "no question" he heard tires squealing before a gunshot that killed unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose. Tensing, charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in DuBose's 2015 traffic stop death, has said he thought DuBose was trying to kill him with his car, prompting Tensing to open fire to stop the threat. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Grant Fredericks, a video analysis expert, speaks on the witness stand during the third day of testimony in Ray Tensing's retrial Monday, June 12, 2017, in the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. The former University of Cincinnati police officer, charged with murder and voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose during a July 2015 traffic stop, has said he thought DuBose was trying to kill him with his car, prompting Tensing to open fire to stop the threat. Fredericks testified Monday, that footage from Tensing's body camera contradicts Tensing's claim his arm was stuck and he was being dragged. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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FILE – In this Nov. 11, 2016, file photo, former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, center, leaves court during jury deliberations in his murder trial in Cincinnati. Attorneys are expected to start questioning prospective jurors Tuesday, May 30, 2017, for the murder retrial of Tensing, a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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FILE – In this July 29, 2015 file photo, photos of Sam DuBose hang on a pole at a memorial near where he was shot and killed by a University of Cincinnati police officer during a July 19, 2015 traffic stop in Cincinnati. Prosecutors plan to retry former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing. The jury deadlocked after his first murder trial. He faces 15 years to life if convicted. Tensing's body camera captured much of the encounter, although the two sides dispute what conclusions can be reached. Tensing's attorney says DuBose was using his car as a deadly weapon. The university fired Tensing, restructured its public safety department and reached a $5.3 million settlement that includes free undergraduate tuition for DuBose's 13 children. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman, File)
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FILE - This Nov. 3, 2016 file photo shows a photograph of University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing and his body camera footage which was presented on the second day of witness testimony in the courtroom of Common Pleas Judge Megan Shanahan at the Hamilton County Courthouse, in Cincinnati. The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit brought by several news organizations arguing that video footage from police bodycams is a public record that should be released on request. The court on Tuesday, Dec. 20 unanimously denied the request since the video was released two days after the request. The bodycam footage involved the 2015 fatal shooting of a black motorist by Tensing, a white University of Cincinnati officer.(Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool, File)
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Ray Tensing arrives at court on the fourth day of jury deliberations in his murder trial, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, in Cincinnati. Judge Megan Shanahan has declared a mistrial, after the jury said it was deadlocked in the case. Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer is charged with murdering Sam DuBose while on duty during a routine traffic stop on July 19, 2015. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Demonstrators gather to pray for justice and reconciliation outside Hamilton County Courthouse ahead of the trial against former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing, who shot and killed motorist Sam DuBose during a traffic stop, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, in Cincinnati. The planned start of jury selection began Oct. 25. Tensing faces charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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FILE - In a Thursday, July 30, 2015 file photo, Terina Allen, sister of Samuel DuBose, sits with family members as she reacts in the courtroom following the arraignment of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing at Hamilton County Courthouse for the shooting death of motorist DuBose, in Cincinnati. It was announced Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, that the family of Samuel DuBose will receive $5.3 million under a settlement with the University of Cincinnati. Tensing, who was indicted and fired from his job, shot and killed Dubose on July 19 and later pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and involuntary manslaughter. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
