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CRIME AND CRIMINALS: MURDER HOMICIDE :
POLICE BRUTALITY :
UNITED STATES: STATES: SOUTH CAROLINA :
VIDEOS:
Michael Slager Fired from South Carolina Police Force
after Killing of Walter Scott
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Michael Slager Fired from South Carolina Police Force
after Killing of Walter Scott
Wednesday 8 April 2015 13.39 EDT
The Guardian
The white officer who shot black man Walter Scott in the back as he was
running away has been fired, mayor announces - adding that now all
officers will wear bodycams.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/08/
michael-slager-south-carolina-officer-walter-scott-fired
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/p9p4672
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The white police officer who fatally shot 50-year-old black man Walter
Scott has been fired by the North Charleston police department, city
officials confirmed on Wednesday.
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Mayor Keith Summey said that officer Michael Slager, 33, had his contract
terminated, though the city will continue to cover his insurance until his
wife, who is eight months pregnant, gives birth to their baby.
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Slager, who has been charged with murder, shot at Scott while he was
running away from the officer. Video of the incident became public on
Tuesday, though there is also at least one dashcam video of the incident,
the mayor said. Theres the car video ... what I understand, the video that
I saw was not all of the video that exists, he said.
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Summey said that the city had received a grant to order 101 body cameras
and that he had ordered an additional 150 cameras that officers would be
trained to use.
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He, his wife and police chief Eddie Driggers met with Scotts family on
Wednesday morning. A wonderful, down-to-earth family, a wonderful group of
people, he said.
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I have watched the video, and I was sickened by what I saw, said Driggers.
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He also confirmed that it was department policy to handcuff a dead body,
as Slager can be seen doing in the video of Scotts death.
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City officials later confirmed the officer was Clarence Habersham. Reached
by telephone on Wednesday afternoon, a woman at a residential address
listed for Habersham hung up when asked if he was available for comment.
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Protests began within hours of the murder charge against Slager, which was
announced on Tuesday, the same day the video was released to the media.
About 75 people gathered outside city hall in North Charleston, led by
Black Lives Matter, a group formed after the fatal shooting of another
black man in Ferguson, Missouri.
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The video recorded by an unidentified bystander shows North Charleston
patrolman Michael Thomas Slager dropping his stun gun, pulling out his
handgun and firing at Walter Lamer Scott from a distance as he runs away.
The 50-year-old man falls after the eighth shot, fired after a brief
pause.
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The dead mans father, Walter Scott Sr, said on Wednesday that the officer
looked like he was trying to kill a deer running through the woods. He
also told NBCs Today show that his son may have tried to flee because he
owed child support and didnt want to go back to jail.
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The video is the most horrible thing Ive ever seen, said Judy Scott, the
slain mans mother, on ABCs Good Morning America.
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Slagers then-attorney David Aylor released another statement Monday saying
the officer felt threatened and fired because Scott was trying to grab his
stun gun.
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Aylor dropped Slager as a client after the video surfaced, and the
officer, a five-year veteran with the North Charleston police, appeared
without a lawyer at his first appearance Tuesday. He was denied bond and
could face 30 years to life in prison if convicted of murder.
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Braye accused North Charleston police of habitually harassing black
residents for minor offenses. He hopes the video will help people
understand that some officers will lie to save themselves when they do
wrong.
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This needs to be the last case, Braye said. All you have to do is look at
the story that was told before the video came out.
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[The comments after the news report are important to read.]
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Related Links
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Walter Scott shooting: family 'relieved' police officer has been charged
with murder video
http://tinyurl.com/l3akmoa
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North Charleston mayor on shooting of Walter Scott: 'We do not condone
wrong' video
http://tinyurl.com/mavuw89
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South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder of Walter Scott
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MATT APUZZO
APRIL 7, 2015
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/us/walter-scott-
north-charleston-residents-express-disgust-but-not-surprise.html
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http://tinyurl.com/odv9nes
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First came the unfathomable news that his younger brother, Walter, had
been shot to death by a police officer after being stopped in the early
90s-era Mercedes he had bought just a few days before. Then came the
growing doubts about the initial police story that his brother had
endangered the officer. Then came the video.
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It was delivered by a stranger who approached after family and friends
placed flowers and said their prayers at the spot where Walter had died.
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I have something to share with you, he said. They got into Anthony Scotts
car. Then the stranger showed him the video on his phone. I knew it! I
knew it! Mr. Scott exclaimed, and what might have been another shooting of
an obscure black man by the police suddenly became an astonishing glimpse
of life and death, black and white, police and civilian.
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Walter Scott - City of North Charleston Press Conference
City of North Charleston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfxzruwZPw4
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Bystander who filmed Walter Scott police shooting to speak publicly
Anonymous witness to police killing of 50-year-old black man by North
Charleston patrolman Michael Slager has been hailed as a hero
http://tinyurl.com/ob7pn9b
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The anonymous bystander hailed as a hero for capturing video footage of
Walter Scott being shot dead by a police officer in South Carolina is
prepared to speak publicly about what he saw, according to an attorney for
Scotts family.
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L Chris Stewart said the man, who has not yet been named, has retained a
lawyer and is assisting the state investigators who are conducting an
inquiry into the alleged murder of Scott by patrolman Michael Slager of
North Charleston police.
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That person will speak at some point, Stewart told reporters. Right now,
theyre working with the investigating agency, they have an attorney.
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Stewart said the man, who can be seen on the footage scrambling to record
the confrontation between Scott, 50, and Slager, 33, had been heroic to
come forward with evidence that will be central to the prosecution of the
officer, who has been charged with murder.
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We have to really recognise the strength and fortitude and fearlessness
that it took to come forward when you know you just filmed a police
officer murder somebody, he said, adding that the mans actions should be
respected throughout this country.
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Thats the kind of person that needs to be duplicated, Stewart said.
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