White Police Officer Charged in Death of Unarmed Black Man

A white police officer in South Carolina has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man that was caught on video. The shooting of 50-year-old Walter Scott last Saturday in the city of North Charleston occurred after he was pulled over by Officer Michael Slager for driving with a broken brake light. The video, taken by a bystander with a cellphone camera, shows Slager firing several times at Scott, who was running away from Slager. After Scott fell...

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