NC attorney general: No 2nd trial for Charlotte officer

RALEIGH (WTVD) — The white Charlotte police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in the death of an unarmed black man in 2013, will not get a second trial following a mistrial last week.

It was revealed in a letter from the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office to Charlotte District Attorney Andrew Murray on Friday that the state would not pursue a second trial for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer Randall Kerrick in connection with Jonathan Ferrell’s death.

After four days of deliberations, the racially diverse jury was deadlocked, 7-5 on an initial vote and 8-4 on the succeeding three votes. And when Judge Robert C. Ervin asked the jury foreman if further deliberations would resolve the impasse, the response was no. Ervin then declared a mistrial – a move that sparked protests outside the courthouse and elsewhere. At least two people were arrested.