Bruce Smith, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Pastor Thomas Dixon, left, prays during a prayer vigil in front of the Charleston County Courthouse as the jury deliberates in the Michael Slager trial Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. Slager, the former North Charleston police officer is charged with murder in the shooting death last year of Walter Scott. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Mistrial declared in black motorist’s shooting

by Bruce Smith Associated Press, and Seanna Adcox Associated PressDecember 5, 2016

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Monday after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white, former police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist.A panel of one black and 11 white jurors —…

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Mistrial declared in black motorist’s shooting

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