Ray Tensing traffic stop: Am I being detained?

A passenger, Demetrius Pace, recorded a traffic stop made by then University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing.

Tensing would go on to kill Sam DuBose, an unarmed Black man, during a traffic stop.

Unlike many other white officers accused of racially biased killings during that time period, Tensing would be arrested and tried. He was indicted on charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter 10 days after DuBose's death.

But Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters failed to secure a conviction on either charge. He tried twice: After Tensing's first trial in 2016 returned a deadlocked jury, Deters tried him again the following year. That jury failed to reach a verdict, too, and Deters declined to attempt a third round.

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