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WASHINGTON A white police officer in North Charleston, S.C., was charged with murder on Tuesday after a video surfaced showing him shooting in the back and killing an apparently unarmed black man while the man ran away.
The officer, Michael T. Slager, 33, said he had feared for his life because the man had taken 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.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us/south-carolina-officer-is-charged-with-murder-in-black-mans-death.html
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)chillfactor
(7,585 posts)about time!
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)over a broken tail light no less. the damn cop claimed he was in fear of his life over a broken tail light.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Now let's hope he's found guilty.
Amishman
(5,559 posts)life without parole is the outcome I desire after watching that
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)as this one did.