Retrial date set for March in police shooting of black man in South Carolina

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A former South Carolina policeman charged with murder for fatally shooting a black man last year as he ran away from the officer will be retried starting on March 1, according to a court notice released on ThursdayMichael Slager's state murder trial ended in mistrial on Dec. 5 when a jury of 11 white people and one black man deadlocked. They were considering murder or voluntary manslaughter verdicts and could not reach a decision.The case brought national attention a

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