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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Mississippi attorney general won't seek a new trial for officer in fatal shooting of Black motorist

Mississippi Officers Fatal Shooting - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Mississippi's attorney general said she will not retry a police officer after jurors failed to reach a verdict on a manslaughter charge stemming from the fatal shooting of a Black motorist.

Jurors on Monday deadlocked on the charge against Mississippi Capitol Police officer Michael Rhinewalt and acquitted a second Capitol police officer, Steven Frederick, who was also charged with manslaughter in the September 2022 shooting of 25-year-old Jaylen Lewis.

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