Shocking video shows S.C. cop fatally shooting black man in back

wsbradio.com ^ | 4/7/15 | Cox media group

[from occupied ga]

North Charleston, S.C. — A white police officer in South Carolina is charged with murder after a bystander recorded video of him shooting and killing an apparently unarmed black man in the back as he ran way from the scene of a traffic stop.

The New York Times posted the video Tuesday. It is disturbing. (Scroll down to see video.)

Officer Michael T. Slager, 33, claimed he feared for his life because the man took a stun gun during a scuffle Saturday, but the video does not confirm that.

The video shows Slager firing eight times and shooting Walter L. Scott, 50, in the back as Scott loped away across a grassy lot.

Scott was driving a Mercedes-Benz and had been stopped by Slager for a broken tail light, according to police reports cited in the Times story.

“At the time, Scott was wanted for arrest on a Family Court warrant, Charleston County sheriff’s Maj. Eric Watson said Tuesday.” (Source: The Post and Courier)

The police reports said Slager fired his Taser at Scott, and Scott turned to run away from the gun’s electrical current, which could be seen extending from his body.

[LS]

Sorry. As you can see by a couple of the defenders on the threat, the sarcasm wasn’t obvious. My error.

[kiryandil]

Well, it doesn’t so much endanger his life as it does his feeling of superiority. That’s important too, you know.

"He feared for his authority..."

[Bartholomew Roberts]

An interesting factoid - both cop and dead man were both in the Coast Guard previously.

Would be interesting if they had crossed paths in the past!