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Some of the protesters wore masks and shouted at officers, but there were no confrontations at that time.

Willie Ferrell and his mother, Georgia, listen as their family attorney, Christopher Chestnut talk with reporters about the mistrial in the case of Charlotte policeman Wes Kerrick accused of killing their brother and son, Jonat…

A judge in North Carolina on Friday declared a mistrial in a police officer’s 2013 killing of unarmed former college football player Jonathan Ferrell.

“The case will remain open per further proceedings,” Judge Richard Ervin said to end the trial. Police, including officer Kerrick, responded to a report of a breaking-and-entering in progress. The crash was so severe, Ferrell family attorney Chris Chestnut has said,...

The jury is considering the fate of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Randall Kerrick, who is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Jonathan Ferrell almost two years ago.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Randall Kerrick testifies during his voluntary manslaughter trial, Thursday, August 13, 2015, in Charlotte, N.C. Kerrick charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black man has testified in his own defense Thursday, following witnesses who...

“I thought I was going to die”.

Police officer Randall Kerrick listens to testimony during day four of his trial at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse, Thursday, August 6, 2015.in Charlotte, N.C. Kerrick is facing voluntary manslaughter charges in the shooting death of Jonathan Ferrell. Early in the morning on...

During a recorded interview some four hours after he fatally shot Jonathan Ferrell, Randall “Wes” Kerrick described a man “with crazy-looking eyes” who ignored his commands and didn’t stop when the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer fired his first...

A North Carolina police officer went on trial Monday in the shooting death of an unarmed black man who was just looking for help after an accident.

Kerrick was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of ex-FAMU football player Jonathan Ferrell.

The manslaughter trial of a white North Carolina police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man is set to begin, with the jury selection process beginning Monday.