2015-04-08

South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder of Walter Scott, and WITNESS Feidin Santana - that filmed Mr. Scott's killing - SPEAKS OUT!!


In the video above, a police officer in North Charleston, S.C., is seen shooting an apparently unarmed man named Walter Scott after a scuffle following a traffic stop (video: NY Times)
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* * * BREAKING NEWS: Witness to Scott's killing speaks out * * *

Witness Feidin Santana that filmed Walter Scott being killed by South Carolina Policeman, speaks out to NBC.

Link to full interview: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/man-who-recorded-walter-scott-being-shot-cop-speaks-out
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Story by NY Times
Written by Michael S. Schmidt and Matt Apuzzo

Michael T. Slager, a police officer in North Charleston, S.C., was charged with murder on Tuesday after a video surfaced showing him shooting in the back and killing Walter Scott while Scott was running away from Slager.


For several minutes after the shooting, Mr. Scott remained face down with his hands cuffed behind his back(photo: NY Times)

Officer, Michael T. Slager, 33, said he had feared for his life because the man had taken his stun gun in a scuffle after a traffic stop on Saturday. A video, however, shows the officer firing eight times as Walter L. Scott, age 50, fled. The North Charleston mayor announced the State charges at a news conference Tuesday evening.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us/south-carolina-officer-is-charged-with-murder-in-black-mans-death.html?_r=1

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