"After we looked at the evidence and read the laws, and looked at the things that were presented to us by the judge, we had to come to find out that he didn't do anything malicious," the foreman said.
Scott's shooting marked a defining moment in furthering the national discussion of deadly force used by law enforcement against Black men and women.
One lone juror swore that he couldn't "in good conscience” convict Michael Slager beyond a reasonable doubt. The jury reconvenes on Monday.
About a third of the seats were unfilled in a convention center ballroom where Donald Trump spoke in South Carolina on Wednesday.
As a teen in the “War on Drugs” 1980s, I remember being almost jubilant on those rare occasions when the local news showed a criminal…
Courtesy of Philly Dot Com The website GoFundMe has shutdown the funding campaign that someone created to support South Carolina police officer Michael Slager, whom is in the news for the death of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man that was trying to run from the officer during a police traffic stop. Officer Slager fired […]
By now we’ve heard lawyers, activists, analysts, journalists, and a list of lay people say it over and over — the video in the Walter…
A White police officer in North Charleston, SC has been charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed Black man. Walter L. Scott…
*We now know who the identity of the person who shot the video that appears to show a white police officer shooting an unarmed black man…
