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Officer found not guilty in shooting death of unarmed South Carolina man after high speed chase
The jury decided the former officer acted legally under self-defense standards after a high-speed chase outside her jurisdiction, acquitting her of voluntary manslaughter.
- Yesterday, a jury of 11 White jurors and one Black juror acquitted Cassandra Dollard, ending her three-day voluntary manslaughter trial after less than 90 minutes of deliberation.
- Dollard initiated a traffic stop after seeing a car roll through a stop sign at 1:24 a.m., and Langley fled, prompting a pursuit that lasted more than five minutes and reached speeds over 100 mph into Georgetown County.
- After the crash, Dollard slipped in the mud feet from Langley, whose hands were visible as he said 'I give up' for approximately 30 seconds before she fired one shot; the object she saw was five $20 bills on nearby grass.
- On consequences, the 15th Circuit Solicitor's office said it respects the jury's decision, and defense argued the verdict affirms officers' split-second choices are judged by the moment's reality.
- For the Langley family, the verdict ends a case that spanned more than four years amid South Carolina’s lack of a police use-of-force law, a Post and Courier analysis, and a $1 million wrongful-death settlement.
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Officer found not guilty in shooting death of unarmed South Carolina man after high speed chase
A jury has found a former small town South Carolina police officer not guilty in the shooting death of an unarmed driver after a high-speed chase.
·United States
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SC officer was legally justified when she fatally shot unarmed man after pursuit, jury decides
The jury has reached a verdict in a former South Carolina police officer’s voluntary manslaughter trial. She was charged after fatally shooting an unarmed man following high-speed pursuit in February 2022.
·Charleston, United States
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