South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder of Walter Scott

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.

The shooting came on the heels of high-profile instances of police officers using lethal force in New York, Cleveland, Ferguson, Mo., and elsewhere. The deaths have set off a national debate over whether the police are too quick to use force, particularly in cases involving black men.

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The armed cop also dropped an unlicensed and unregistered gun making this case of homicide look like a case of "Self defense"

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South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder of Walter Scott
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This is sick and sad...

This is sick and sad...