South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder of Black Man
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A white police officer in North Charleston, S.C., was charged with murder on Tuesday after a video surfaced showing him shooting and killing an apparently unarmed black man in the back while he ran away.
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South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder in Black Man’s Death
Video | Video Shows Fatal Police Shooting In a video provided to The New York Times, a police officer in North Charleston, S.C., is seen shooting an apparently unarmed man after a scuffle following a traffic stop.
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By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MATT APUZZO
APRIL 7, 2015
WASHINGTON — A white police officer in North Charleston, S.C., was charged with murder on Tuesday after a video surfaced showing him shooting and killing an apparently unarmed black man in the back while he ran away.
The officer, Michael T. Slager, 33, had said he feared for his life because the man took his stun gun in a scuffle after a traffic stop on Saturday. A video, however, shows the officer firing eight times as the man — Walter L. Scott, 50 — fled.
The North Charleston mayor announced the state charges at a news conference Tuesday evening.
Moments after the struggle, Officer Slager reported on his radio, “Shots fired and the subject is down. He took my Taser,” according to police reports.
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The officer then runs back toward where the initial scuffle occurred and picks something off the ground. Moments later, he drops an object near Mr. Scott’s body, the video shows.
He was a dirty cop; without this video they weren't going to charge him. How does a victim pose a threat while be shot in the back?
They've charged numerous cops the questions remain will he be convicted of 1st or even 2nd degreed murder?
I wonder why this isn't getting national attention
Lol I'm in SC! Where are you?
It's probably not getting attention bc this type of story doesn't stir emotions and cause division. Also, the media can't use it to race bait and start mess.
Disgusting. How long before they pull out his record and white people say he deserved it because he ran away and was arrested for smoking weed that one time 10 years ago. I can hear them already "Don't run away and you won't get shot"
Kinda sh*t that makes me afraid for my brother. Yet people are so quick to say racism is over and we make this up. Sure.
finally put cameras on cops yesterday.
