Kerrick Resigns In Settlement With Charlotte

Joe Gratz

Former Charlotte police officer Randall Kerrick has reached a settlementwith the city.

Kerrick was charged with voluntary manslaughter for his killing of an unarmed African American male, but the trial ended in a hung jury. Kerrick has resigned, and the city will pay him more than $100,000.

Host Frank Stasio talks with WFAE reporter Gwendolyn Glenn about the trial and the settlement.

Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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