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Walter Scott Shooting: Group Doesn't Want to Pay Legal Fees for Ex-Officer
Source: Associated Press
Group Doesn't Want to Pay Legal Fees for Ex-Officer
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jul 16, 2016, 2:54 PM ET
A police advocacy group says it doesn't want to pay the legal fees of a former North Charleston officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a black motorist more than a year ago.
Michael Slager, who is white, paid monthly dues to the group Southern States Police Benevolent Association and hired an attorney through them after the shooting death of Walter Scott.
But Charleston lawyer David Aylor dropped Slager three days later when video showed Slager firing as Scott tried to run away from a traffic stop in April 2015. The cellphone video was circulated widely on the internet.
Slager sued the group, saying it violated an insurance contract promising unlimited legal aid if he were involved in a shooting.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jul 16, 2016, 2:54 PM ET
A police advocacy group says it doesn't want to pay the legal fees of a former North Charleston officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a black motorist more than a year ago.
Michael Slager, who is white, paid monthly dues to the group Southern States Police Benevolent Association and hired an attorney through them after the shooting death of Walter Scott.
But Charleston lawyer David Aylor dropped Slager three days later when video showed Slager firing as Scott tried to run away from a traffic stop in April 2015. The cellphone video was circulated widely on the internet.
Slager sued the group, saying it violated an insurance contract promising unlimited legal aid if he were involved in a shooting.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/group-pay-officers-legal-fees-40633952
