Monday, October 31, 2016

Murder Trial of South Carolina Ex-Cop Who Killed Walter Scott to Begin



More than a year after a grainy cellphone video shocked the nation, jury selection in the murder trial of a former South Carolina police officer who killed an unarmed black man is set to begin Monday in Charleston.

Michael Slager, 34, claimed that victim Walter Scott was reaching for his Taser and that he he felt threatened when he killed him during a traffic stop over a broken taillight in North Charleston on April 4, 2015.

But bystander cellphone video showed the 50-year-old Scott running away from Slager as the officer fired eight bullets toward his back.

The killing particularly helped fuel an debate over the killing of black people by authorities, triggering protests around the country. 

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Source: NBC News

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