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December 30, 2016

Retrial for SC Officer Charged with Murder Set for March 1st
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Meanwhile, a Charleston court has scheduled a March 1 retrial of Michael
Slager, a white former North Charleston police officer who's accused of
murdering a black man during a traffic stop. Earlier this month, a judge
declared a mistrial after a single juror refused to convict Slager of
murder, even though video clearly shows him shooting 50-year-old Walter
Scott in the back. Last year, Slager and Dylann Roof were held in
adjacent cells in Charleston's jail.


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