Former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for the deadly shooting of Walter Scott.
Read More →A judge declared a mistrial Monday afternoon in the fatal shooting of a man by a South Carolina former patrolman, after the jury said they could not come to a unanimous verdict.
Read More →A former police officer who is charged with fatally shooting an unarmed man in North Charleston, S.C., has been released from jail and put on house arrest until his trial.
Read More →Summey and Police Chief Eddie Driggers sat in the front and listened, as Sharpton spoke. "What this mayor did is what we've asked mayors to do all over the country. Not to do us a favor, just enforce the law."
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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has released several dash cam videos in connection with the fatal shooting of Walter Scott. None shows the actual shooting.
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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has released several dash cam videos in connection with the fatal shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston, S.C. None shows the actual shooting. The video from the officer's dash cam shows the officer approaching Scott's car. More Here.
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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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The shooting of Walter Scott by a North Charleston, S.C., police officer has generated national outrage, spurred by the citizen video of the incident, shown here. One likely defense focus will be what is not on the video, the experts said, telling jurors that the video doesn't tell the whole story. More Here.
Read More →“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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