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Grand jury decides not to indict other officers in Sam DuBose case
UPDATED 11:38 PM EDT Jul 31, 2015post a commentA grand jury returned no charges against two additional University of Cincinnati officers in the fatal shooting of Sam DuBose, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters announced Friday.
Video TranscriptWE WILL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU IF ANYTHING DEVELOPS. ALSO, PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY'S DECISION BY THE GRAND JURY HAVE TO CHARGE OF THE OTHER OFFICERS AT THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY TRAFFIC STOP. JACKIE CONGEDO HAS REACTION FROM BOTH SIDES. JACKIE? JACKIE: OFFICER IN TRAINING AND OFFICER KID WILL NOT FACE CHARGES, BOTH WILL REMAIN UNPAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE UNTIL AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES. WE HAVE HEARD IT FROM OFFICER GIDEON HIMSELF RECORDED ON HIS BODY CAMERA MOMENTS AFTER AN OFFICER SHOT SAM DEBOSE IN THE HEAD. ARE YOU GOOD? I FEEL A PAIN IN MY ARM. I SAW THAT. THEY WERE NOT INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY. HAMILTON COUNTY PROSECUTORS ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT READ IN PART -- WHEN THE OFFICERS WERE SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW AND HEARD, THEIR STATEMENTS MATCHED THE BODY CAMERA VIDEOS. THEY HAVE BEEN TRUTHFUL AND HONEST ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. NO CHARGES ARE WARRANTED. IT APPEARS TO BE A FULL AND COMPLETE EFFORT TO LOOK TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF CONSPIRACY AT PLAY. THE EVIDENCE DIDN'T SUPPORT IT. THE GRAND JURY CAME BACK. JACKIE: THEY RESPECT THE GRAND JURY'S DECISION AND THE PROSECUTORS HANDLING OF THE CASE. THE SAME SYSTEM PRODUCED A MURDER INDICTMENT FOR TENSING AND A STRONGLY WORDED ANNOUNCEMENT. IT SEEMS INCONSISTENT TO SAY HE WAS THAT STRONG ON ONE HAND AND THEN WEAK ON ANOTHER HAND. JACKIE: DEBO SE'S FAMILY TURNING RELEASE THIS STATEMENT -- WE ARE CONCERNED BY THE FACTS GIVEN BY THE OFFICERS WITNESSED THE SHOOTING. WE ARE GRATEFUL THE GRAND JURY CONDUCTED A SERIOUS REVIEW. WE RESPECT THE DECISION THEY REACHED. MEANWHILE, SPOKESMAN FOR BLACK LIVES MATTERS RELEASED A STATEMENT EXPRESSING DISSATISFACTION -- WE ARE DISAPPOINTED OFFICERS WHO COLLUDED TO COVER UP THE MURDER OF SAMUEL DEBOSE WERE NOT CHARGE IN THIS CASE. WE BELIEVE THESE POLICE OFFICERS ARE RECEIVING SPECIAL PROTECTION. WE ARE LEARNING THAT THE DEBOSE FAMILY HAS ADDED TO THEIR LEGAL TEAM DID THEY HAVE HIRED MICHAEL RIGHT. YOU ALSO REPRESENTS THE FAMILY OF ANOTHER VICTIM WHO WAS SHOT
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