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12/06/2016 6:23 pm  #1


Judge Declares Mistrial in Michael Slager Trial

Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)A prosecutor vowed Monday to retry a white former police officer charged with killing an unarmed black motorist in North Charleston, South Carolina, after the jury failed to reach a verdict following 22 hours of deliberation.The judge declared a mistrial on the fourth day of deliberations in the murder trial of Michael Slager, the former North Charleston officer. 



"We will try Michael Slager again," 9th Judicial Circuit Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson said in a statement expressing disappointment that Slager was not convicted in the five-week murder case in state court.Slager shot and killed Walter Scott, 50, after an April 4, 2015, traffic stop. The shooting was captured on a bystander's cell phone video, which showed Scott running away as Slager fired eight times, striking Scott three times in the back.The jurors -- 11 whites and one African-American -- struggled to reach a consensus. They returned to deliberate three times Friday after indicating they were deadlocked. One juror, in a note, said he couldn't vote for a conviction and wouldn't change his mind. Monday brought a slew of questions, such as requests for clarifications on terminology related to the law, before the mistrial was declared.
I think anyone who saw the video will understand how much of a travesty this is.....

 

12/06/2016 7:14 pm  #2


Re: Judge Declares Mistrial in Michael Slager Trial

This is a travesty!!!!!

I truly hope they retry the case....he belongs in prison for killing Scott....OMG... I couldn't believe this when I saw it on the news!

 

12/06/2016 11:09 pm  #3


Re: Judge Declares Mistrial in Michael Slager Trial

I couldn't believe it! 


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12/07/2016 3:01 pm  #4


Re: Judge Declares Mistrial in Michael Slager Trial

Don't want to be a doomsday person but I think things will get worse. When a cop can shoot a man in the back for no apparent sane reason and never have to pay for the crime, and it was a crime in my eyes, things are bad. Evidently the political climate is ripe for shootings such as this and more.
Why was there only one black person on that jury?

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12/07/2016 3:57 pm  #5


Re: Judge Declares Mistrial in Michael Slager Trial

I think this has been going on for years, you only hear about it now because everyone has a camera.  Half the population is more concerned about someone wishing them Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas than they are about a human being who was killed in cold blood, shot in the back.  I said after it happened the cop would walk, no surprise to me, unfortunately.  This country has to hit rock bottom, I guess, before some people wake up, and then some never will.

 

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