Eric Parker was charged with violating the civil rights of Sureshbhai Patel when he slammed the man to the ground during an investigation in FebruaryA judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of an Alabama police officer who slammed an Indian man to the ground,after jurors failed to break an impasse despite her insistence that they withhold trying.
US district judge Madeline Hughes Haikala had asked the jurors to consider how principal the case is, how expensive it has been financially and emotionally for everyone involved, or the opportunity that it’s not certain a retrial would result in a stronger prosecution or defense.
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Source: theguardian.com