A mistrial declared in North Charleston.
Slager shot Walter Scott in the back repeatedly, killing him. At the time of the shooting, Scott was already 15 to 20 feet from Slager and running away.Scott Lemieux: "38% of the population of North Charleston is white, and yet 92% of the jury was."
Video taken by a bystander showed Slager placing a weapon by Scott's body after the shooting, in an apparent attempt to plant a weapon on him. When the officer radioed a dispatcher, he explicitly lied, stating that Scott had taken his Taser.
The jury was hung due to a single hold-out; case will be re-tried.
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