The demographics take on added significance in light of newly released video that shows Officer Michael Thomas Slager fatally shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back as he flees. The statistics, reported by the New NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — 5:15 p.m.. Dash cam video shows the man fatally shot by a police officer get … Read more
April 8, 2015 6:36 PM EDT – On April 4, police office Michael T. Slager fatally shot Walter Scott after a traffic stop in North Charleston, S.C. In the days following, a cellphone video was made public with footage that contradicted the officer's The chief of police for North Charleston, South Carolina, told reporters on … Read more
The chief of police for North Charleston, South Carolina, told reporters on Wednesday that he was “sickened” by video that surfaced this week of a local police officer fatally shooting an unarmed man eight times from behind. A South Carolina police officer is facing a murder charge after shooting an African-American man in the back … Read more
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — 5:15 p.m.. Dash cam video shows the man fatally shot by a police officer get out of his car and then run away during a traffic stop. The video, released Thursday by the South Carolina Law Walter L. Scott was pulled over under exactly such circumstances — a broken brake … Read more