CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — One by one, relatives of the late Walter Scott urged a judge to mete out a significant punishment for Michael Slager, the White former police officer who fatally shot Scott, an unarmed Black man, in the back after a 2015 traffic stop. Through tears, Scott’s family told Slager they felt sorrow […]
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Jeff Sessions’ Constant Lying Is Being Used to Help the Criminal Defense of the White Cop Who Murdered Walter Scott
The execution of Walter Scott by South Carolina police officer Michael Slager was an unambiguous example of racist police abuse. Cell phone footage clearly shows Slager, who is white, pumping eight bullets into the retreating figure of Scott, who was black, as he fled from the officer. The distance between the two at the moment Slager began […]
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Family Conflicted: Should Walter Scott’s Killer Get Life-or-is Admission of Guilt Enough?
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of Walter Scott differ on how much time a White former officer should spend in federal prison for gunning down the Black motorist, with one brother suggesting Michael Slager should go away for life. But others, like Scott’s mother Judy, said the officer’s admission of guilt was all the punishment […]
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White Ex-South Carolina Cop Pleads Guilty in Unarmed Black Man’s Slaying
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A White former police officer whose killing of an unarmed Black man running from a traffic stop was captured on cellphone video pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal civil rights charges that could send him to prison for decades. FILE – In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, file photo, Defense attorneys Andy […]
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Strain on Forgiveness after Charleston Church Massacre, other Killings
The victims’ families spoke words of forgiveness in Charleston after nine black people were massacred in a historic church by Dylann Roof, a white man who harbored dreams of launching a race war. The relatives were held up as examples of grace amid horror, and the city stayed calm. FILE – In this June 20, […]
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NAACP Statement on Michael Slager Mistrial
BALTIMORE – The following is a statement from Cornell William Brooks, President, and CEO of the NAACP: “The NAACP is deeply frustrated that the trial of Michael Slager, the former North Charleston police officer who fatally shot Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man, after a routine traffic stop in 2015 has ended in a mistrial. Despite […]