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I played a small part in this particular part of it but whatever the outcome will be, thats what the outcome shall be. >> gabe gutierrez joins me with charleston, south carolina. the question is whats next in this process and also, apparently, slager is to be retired now? >> reporter: yeah, hi there, tamron. whats next in the trial is the local prosecutor that said she will retry this case and i want to point out something very interesting coming out in your interview as well as craigs interview...

>> the video, which was shown in the trial, showed not only that key moment of the shooting where scott doesnt look like he poses the kind of threat legally required to justify deadly force. it also showed the key moments after the shooting where slager handcuffed scotts dead body and appears to drop an object near it and he was accused of staging a fight over a taser that never happened. you can see some of that here, according to that citizen-produced video. the prosecutor told the jury that a...

>> the video, which was shown in the trial, showed not only that key moment of the shooting where scott doesnt look like he poses the kind of threat legally required to justify deadly force. it also showed the key moments after the shooting where slager handcuffed scotts dead body and appears to drop an object near it and he was accused of staging a fight over a taser that never happened. you can see some of that here, according to that citizen-produced video. the prosecutor told the jury that a...

Planted evidence or fired without cause. they deliberated over four days and after that deadlock the jurors told the judge most of them were ready to convict but they were facing at least one holdout. the holdout wrote a letter to the judge that at times his heart was with the scott family. he wrote, "my heart does not want to have to tell the scott family that the man that killed their son, brother and father is innocent but he also wrote, i cannot with good conscience consider a guilty verdict...

Not come to a conclusion in this case. i want to bring in our ari melber whos been watching this every step of the way. this is exactly what people had feared that this jury is deadlock that they cannot come up with a decision. a majority is still undecided. >> we heard a lot of jury note. this is a huge outcome to a case that riled the community and the dramatic cell phone footage that showed officer slager pursuing walter scott and drawing h is firearm and shooting him in the back as he ran aw...

They said they were hopelessly deadlock and the lone juror could not convict michael slager. new information today was that they sent a note from the judge that says it was several of them that was undecided according for the attorney that michael slager that a majority of them are still undecided. questions remaining now is what is the break down here, is the lone juror, still leading towards to acquittal or murder or man slaughter. michael slager shot walter scott in self defense after he pull...

Theyll be able to come to a decision? >> this is quite from a historical perspective. it seems like the wheel of s justice is turning -- so it is quite predictable. i think anyone in large communities are surprised and shocked and cannot believe that we have been through this before and it is quite predictable unfortunately. we have been looking at some of the numbers since 2005, 78 state and local officers have been charged and 27 convictions and including one murdered conviction and 14 by a ju...

Mistrial in this case and i so declare that this case is distridi mistriale mistrial. the jury could not come to a decision and they have deadlock. gabe gutierrez, remind us of the composition and what we know of the jury at this point. we dont know too much of what held them back? >> reporter: yeah, thats exactly right. a couple of points, first well get to the jury. as you mentioned or i mentioned earli earlier. this jury is made up of 11 people and one black man. the other jury did not have g...

Who was authorized to the judge that it was 11-1 vote. as you mentioned today after sleeping on it over the week, there was an indication of maybe there is more people undecided. they repeatedly asked for input and legal guidance on whether this was a murder or a man slaughter and according to michael slager, the officers lawyer, they were seeking for a seek trial. we know this is the outcome they want it. they were not optimistic of not getting a not guilty verdict. they are posturing and in se...

Gutierrez. we have msnbcs chief legal correspondent ari melber to help break it down. gabe, fill us in on where things stand. friday afternoon it looked like, as you phrased it, we were in the bottom of the 9th headed for a mistrial. where are we now? >> reporter: good afternoon. if it was the bottom of the 9th friday there are definitely extra innings today. we got news this morning. we expected the jury to come back and come into deliberations this morning. they sent several questions to the j...