reno, or alberto gonzales told me to do. he s one of the most powerful actors in the criminal justice system. if he says the department should dismiss the federal charges against officer slager, those charges are gone. and sessions can dismiss the present indictment that came down? absolutely. totally his decision. when we look at his record, this is a man who not only has been hostile to civil rights, he s actually brought cases against civil rights workers. i showed that. well, and that s why there has got to be a lot of pressure put on the democrats in the senate during these confirmation hearings. needs to have to answer this. let s turn to another major case in south carolina. the dylann roof trial got under way this past week. he s accused of killing nine black worshipers at the historic emanuel ame church. here is security video of roof going in and out of that church last year. and a sketch of roof in court
convict him of murder. you are not worried, you will get justice, and that this is just a delay? scarlet wilson says that officer slager will be tried again. what do you expect the time line for a second trial to be? hopefully soon. charleston needs it, and the country needs it, this was a big missed opportunity to heal a lot of the pain in the community. show the community that their lives matter. and show officers out there doing their job, they are not michael slager. it was a total fumble today. justice delayed is justice deni denied, do you believe that? or do you think in the end they will get justice? justice delayed. he bought a few more months out of jail. he will end up behind prison bars where he deserves. i wonder what it was like to hear officer slager on the stand. what was it like? i wasn t there that day.
seeming to mean on the american taxpayers. we ll see where those conversations go from here. i believe we can get back to nick valencia. is that right? back to nick in south carolina. nick, let s begin again. obviously it was a hung jury in the case of officer slager. not, frankly, an outcome that either side was expecting. reporter: well, there was an indication there could be a mistrial on friday, but even still, this mistrial has caught a lot of people here off guard. it was five weeks of a trial, days of deliberation. jurors on monday afternoon handing a note over to the judge saying that they regretted to inform the court they could not come to a unanimous decision. this was supposed to be a slam dunk for the state. it was anything but. we are unable to come to a unanimous decision. reporter: a mistrial in the case of michael slager. video of the incident sparking outrage nationwide. former patrolman slager charged with murder of 50-year-old