Killing of Walter Scott
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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. Wikipedia
Location: North Charleston
Start date: April 4, 2015
Charges: Federal charge: Deprivation of rights under color of law resulting in death; State charge: Murder
Filmed by: Feidin Santana
Perpetrator: Michael Thomas Slager
Sentence: 20 years in federal prison
Victim: Walter Lamar Scott, aged 50