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The dramatic video is shot from a distance and shows both when officer Michael Slager began shooting at Walter Scott and the immediate aftermath as other officers arrived on the scene and began to ...
Slager was accused of killing Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, in 2015. — -- A several-day sentencing hearing is underway to determine the fate of former North Charleston, South Carolina ...
Walter Scott, the 50-year-old black man who was fatally shot in the back by a white police officer, was buried Saturday by family and friends who called for broad changes in how police deal with ...
But in his life, 50-year-old Walter Scott was also the father of four children and served in the Coast Guard before being honorably discharged. “He was outgoing – loved everybody, (was ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. — More than two years ago, the fatal shooting of Walter Scott, an unarmed black motorist, by a white South Carolina police officer set off a wave of national protests over ...
Michael Slager, who shot Walter Scott in the back following a traffic stop, pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating Scott's civil rights by using excessive force during an attempted arrest.
The family of Walter Scott wants him to be remembered during national conversations surrounding victims of law enforcement violence. Scott, 50, was shot April 4, 2015 by North Charleston officer ...
In her opening statement, Solicitor Scarlett Wilson told the jury of 11 white people and one black man that former North Charleston officer Michael Slager may have been provoked if Walter Scott ...
March 17, 2023 When Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man, was killed by a police officer in North Charleston, S.C., during a routine traffic stop, the city spun into what is now predictable turmoil ...
Officer pleads guilty to federal civil rights charge in 2015 shooting of Walter Scott A former North Charleston police officer who was caught on video fatally shooting a black motorist as he fled ...
But in his life, 50-year-old Walter Scott was also the father of four children and served in the Coast Guard before being honorably discharged. “He was outgoing – loved everybody, (was ...