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On April 4, 2015, Walter Scott, a 50-year-old black man, was fatally shot by Michael Slager, a local police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Slager had stopped Scott for a non-functioning brake light.
Dec 7, 2017 · — More than two years ago, the fatal shooting of Walter Scott, an unarmed black motorist, by a white South Carolina police officer set off a wave of national protests over racially biased...
Dec 7, 2017 · Judy Scott holds a photo of her son Walter Scott on Thursday after Michael Slager, a former police officer who shot and killed Mr. Scott in 2015 after a traffic stop, was sentenced to 20 years...
Dec 7, 2017 · Michael Slager, the former South Carolina police officer who shot and killed Walter Scott, was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison, a decision the Scott family said gave it a...
Apr 20, 2021 · The judge denied a motion in which former North Charleston police Officer Michael Slager asked that his 20-year prison sentence for violating Walter Scott’s civil rights be set aside.
Apr 8, 2015 · US authorities have charged a local policeman with murder after a graphic video emerged of him appearing to shoot a 50-year-old unarmed black man eight times. The white officer, Michael T. Slager,...
Apr 20, 2021 · A federal judge on Monday upheld the 20-year sentence for former police officer Michael Slager, who fatally shot Walter Scott, a Black man, in the back in 2015.
Dec 7, 2017 · CHARLESTON, S.C. ( WCIV) - In an historic civil rights case, a federal judge Thursday sentenced ex-North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer Michael Slager to 20 years in prison for...
Dec 7, 2017 · Former North Charleston, South Carolina, Police Department (NCPD) Officer Michael Slager, 36, was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for his commission of a federal civil rights offense during his fatal shooting of Walter Scott, Jr. on April 4, 2015.
Dec 7, 2017 · A federal judge ruled Michael Slager committed second-degree murder and obstructed justice in his 2015 shooting of Scott, an unarmed black man. Slager pleaded guilty to violating Scott's civil...
