South Carolina Judge Declares Mistrial In Murder Case of Former Police Officer Who Shot Black Man Walter Scott

Defense attorney Andy Savage (L), assistant Cheryl Savage (C), look at a document with former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager at the Charleston County court in Charleston, South Carolina, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Grace Beahm/Post and Courier/Pool

A South Carolina judge on Monday declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked on whether white former police officer Michael Slager committed murder in the April 2015 shooting death of black motorist Walter Scott.

The jury, which deliberated over four days, said it was unable to reach a unanimous decision on the murder charge or a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.

SOURCE: Reuters
(Reporting by Letitia Stein; Editing by James Dalgleish)