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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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 […]
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Officers Say Slager’s Version of Walter Scott Shooting Contradicted Video
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Two police officers testified Monday that the account Michael Slager gave them about shooting Walter Scott in the minutes after the slaying contradicted a dramatic cellphone video of the unarmed Black motorist’s death. In this April 4, 2015, frame from video provided by Attorney L. Chris Stewart representing the family of […]
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Nearly All-White Jury to Hear S.C. Case of Ex-Cop Who Fatally Shot Walter Scott
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A nearly all-White jury was seated Wednesday for the murder trial of a White former South Carolina officer whose fatal shooting of a Black man stunned the nation after it was recorded by a bystander. Former North Charleston police office Michael Slager (right), is lead into court, in Charleston, S.C. Jury […]
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Former S.C. Officer Indicted in Walter Scott Killing
(Screenshot from the video of the April 4th incident showing Slager shooting Walter Scott as he was running away) Former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager was indicted June 8 in the killing of unarmed Black man Walter Scott. Video of the April 4 incident appears to show Slager shooting Scott as he was running […]