A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of an Alabama police officer on trial for violating an Indian man’s civil rights by throwing him to the ground and injuring him badly during an encounter captured on videotape, local media reported.
Eric Parker, 26, was tried in U.S. federal court on accusations he used unreasonable force while serving as a police officer in Madison, Alabama, during the February incident.
A jury in Huntsville, Alabama, deadlocked on whether to convict or acquit him of a single charge of depriving an Indian grandfather of his civil rights, according to television station WHNT and local news website AL.com.
Parker faced up to 10 years in prison.