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Christina Brown, a leader of the local Black Lives Matter organization, marches against police brutality in 2016.(Photo: Enquirer file)Buy Photo

The Black Lives Rally: Cincinnati rally planned for Wednesday night at Inwood Park is postponed for one week.

Protesters calling for the conviction of Ray Tensing will meet instead May 31 at 6 p.m. at the park on Vine Street in MountAuburn.

A largergroup is operating under the name the Countdown to Conviction Coalition, which has six member organizations, including the local Black Lives Matter.

Citing the forecast of thunderstorms, Black Lives Matterannounced the postponement Wednesdayvia email and on its Facebook page.

The coalition said it will rally at noon Thursdayoutside of the Hamilton County Courthouse on what is scheduled to be the first day of Tensing's retrial. The former University of Cincinnati police officer faces murder and manslaughter charges for the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose on July 19, 2015.

Tensing pulled over DuBose for a missing front license plateonly blocks from Inwood Park, where the coalition rallied before Tensing's first trial last fall. The trial ended Nov. 12 in a hung jury.

The Countdown to Conviction Coalition said it will hold a "speak-out program" at noon, regardless of weather.

Inside the courthouse Thursday, 200 prospective jurors will be filling out questionnaires.

The other five coalition member organizations are Peaslee Neighborhood Center, McMicken Free Space, Students for Survivors, Cincinnati Socialist Students and Cincinnati Socialist Alternative.

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