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From [HERE] and [HERE] A white prosecutor said Saturday that he was shocked when a judge declared a mistrial in the case of a white former Tulsa police officer who fatally shot his daughter's Black boyfriend because white jurors had deliberated for only a few hours.

It was the third mistrial in nine months for white Tulsa police officer Shannon Kepler, and all of the trials have been overseen by District Judge Sharon Holmes, who is Black. The jury was all-white. Only one African American was on each of the two hung juries in the previous cases. One juror posted on Facebook his anger at two white jurors who did not want to convict a white man of murdering a black man and refused to talk to the rest of the jury.

For a trial "not about race", it seems to permeate everywhere you turn. The white media has played its role also; do a Google search of "all white jury"and Kepler you will get zero results. Anon asks what is white collective power? When a white policeman shoots an unarmed black man, his fellow officers, the police chief, internal affairs, the union, the media, the judge, and the jury will support, defend, and finance that white police officer’s “right” to shoot (murder) an unarmed black person. That is white collective power. [MORE]

Kepler doesn't deny shooting 19-year-old Jeremey Lake, but claims he was acting in self-defense. Kepler testified that Lake was armed, although police didn't find a weapon on Lake or at the scene. The shooting happened shortly after Lake had started dating Kepler's then-18-year-old daughter, Lisa.

Attorneys said jurors deliberated for just 2 ? to three hours on Friday before saying they were deadlocked 6-6. Holmes reminded jurors that the trial had started June 27 and asked whether that changed their minds. When they said no, the judge declared a mistrial.

"I have never experienced that procedure before in my life," Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said, noting that judges often tell juries to continue deliberating to try to reach a unanimous verdict in such circumstances.

"I was just hopeful that the court would have followed prior procedure and have the jury deliberate more," Kunzweiler said. The judge had told the previous juries in the case to continue deliberating after jurors reported they were deadlocked. In one case, the judge waited until 2:30 a.m. before declaring a mistrial when jurors reported they could not break their deadlock. She did not immediately return a message that was left at her office on Saturday.

Kunzweiler said he will re-evaluate the case and decide before an Aug. 1 status conference whether to try Kepler for a fourth time. Among the factors Kunzweiler said he will consider are the prosecution and police resources required to bring Kepler to trial again.

"There's a great amount of time and effort that goes into the prosecution of these cases," he said. "Expense is a factor I'm going to have to weigh into it."

Unlike the previous two trials [this jury was 100% white - not 91%], Holmes had instructed jurors that they could convict Kepler of first-degree murder or the lesser charge of manslaughter. Manslaughter carries a sentence of four years to life in prison, while the sentence on a first-degree murder conviction is life in prison.

Kepler, who retired from the force after he was charged, was a 24-year-police veteran who said he was trying to protect his daughter, who had run away from home and was living in a crime-ridden neighborhood. O'Carroll said Lisa had been in and out of a homeless shelter after her father prohibited her from bringing men into his house.

Kepler told investigators he was acting in self-defense because Lake was armed, but police didn't find a weapon on Lake or at the scene. Lake's aunt said her nephew was reaching out to shake Kepler's hand to introduce himself when Kepler fired.[MORE]

Pam Wilkins, Lake's aunt, said his extended family is deeply frustrated by the third mistrial.

Juries in Kepler's previous two trials, in November and February, deadlocked 11-1 and 10-2 in favor of guilt before Holmes declared mistrials after up to 12 hours of deliberations in each case.

"We spent two weeks on this," Kunzweiler said. "I certainly recognize that people may have different interpretations on evidence. The goal of the system is not to have a hung jury."