Ex-SC officer indicted for murder in shooting of black man
Source: AP
By BRUCE SMITH
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A white former North Charleston police officer has been indicted on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man who was running away from the officer.
The April 4 shooting was captured on video by a bystander and showed officer Michael Slager firing eight times at 50-year-old Walter Scott. The shooting rekindled the ongoing national debate about the treatment of black suspects at the hands of white officers.
Slager was charged almost immediately after the video surfaced. Prosecutor Scarlett Wilson announced the indictment Monday.
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teach our young ones how to survive an encounter with the police. For example, I didn't know that putting your hands in your pockets puts you in an automatic kill zone. I didn't know that reaching for your purse to get your driver's license gives the cops license to kill you. I didn't know that cops get a pass on killing you if two of them could give you conflicting orders ("Put your hands on the wheel" versus "Put your hands in the air"
, as long as the cop that shoots you is the one you disobeyed.
And, of course, I didn't know that calling the cops for a potential house break-in puts you in danger if you're a minority owner.
