Article By Nicholas Stix on 12/06/2016

Mistrial in Michael Slager Case Grounds for Restrained Celebration—Yet Much Concern

See earlier The Case Of Michael Slager: Not Just Lynching, A Crucifixion , and our complete roundup of Michael Slager coverage. On Monday, December 5, 2016, the South Carolina jury trying white defenda...
Post By Nicholas Stix on 12/03/2016

Fake News At CBS On Slager Trial Deadlock—Is Black Judge Trying To Force Conviction?

Late Friday afternoon, CBS News posted the following tweet, which I re-posted at this blog. JUST IN: Judge in the trial of Michael Slager, officer who shot and killed Walter Scott, asks for undecided j...
Post By Nicholas Stix on 12/02/2016

Breaking News: Jury in Michael Slager Show Trial is Deadlocked! (Walter Scott)

We don’t know what the numbers are, but I’m sure of at least one juror voting to convict—the black foreman, who just so happens to be the only black juror. (That was black Judge Clifton Newman’s decisi...