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The shooting of Walter Scott by a North Charleston, S.C., police officer has generated national outrage. Legal and police tactics experts said the video would be powerful evidence in the criminal case. But they say it still leaves the officer's defense with options.
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“There must be national policy and national law on policing,” Mr. Sharpton said. “We can’t go from state to state, we’ve got to have national law to protect people against these continued questions.”
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A North Charleston police officer was arrested on a murder charge and the FBI opened a civil rights investigation Tuesday after video surfaced of the lawman shooting at a 50-year-old man as he ran away.
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A suspect is in custody after police say he shot a West Columbia, S.C., police officer Tuesday afternoon. The bullet went through the wall and struck the officer in the head.
Read More →A Columbia, S.C., motorist shot late last summer by an ex-Highway Patrol trooper in a confrontation that drew national attention has received a nearly $300,000 settlement from the state of South Carolina.
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Investigator Holmes Smith, 45, of Sumter, was driving on U.S. 521 just before 2:30 p.m. when the accident occurred. Smith was returning to Clarendon County after meeting with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division special agents as a part of an auto theft investigation.
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She was the sister of Robert Blajszczak, 40, who collapsed Oct. 20 during a traffic stop and died Sunday. He was a seven-year veteran of the department and worked with Summerville's Traffic Division.
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Patrolman Robert Blajszczak, 40, was a seven-year veteran of the Summerville (S.C. ) Police Department. He collapsed Oct. 20 while on the job and died Sunday.
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A former South Carolina state trooper faces a felony charge in the shooting of an unarmed man during a traffic stop in Columbia earlier this month.
Read More →Today, the Pittsburgh Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger announced the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation will be distributing a grant to the Aiken (S.C.) Department of Public Safety to help purchase and train a new narcotics K-9.
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