Walter Scott
Walter Scott, an unarmed 50-year-old black man, was shocked with a stun gun and shot on April 4, 2015, in a parking lot in North Charleston, S.C. A North Charleston police officer shot Scott in the back as he fled a traffic stop and struggle.
Michael Slager faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of murder in the shooting death of Scott, who was running away on foot from a traffic stop in North Charleston, S.C., in April 2015. Scott was unarmed. The shooting was captured on cellphone video by a passerby. Slager fired eight times at Scott before he was killed.
Walter Scott, an unarmed 50-year-old black man, was shocked with a stun gun and shot on April 4, 2015, in a parking lot in North Charleston, S.C. A North Charleston police officer shot Scott in the back as he fled a traffic stop and struggle.
Michael Slager faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of murder in the shooting death of Scott, who was running away on foot from a traffic stop in North Charleston, S.C., in April 2015. Scott was unarmed. The shooting was captured on cellphone video by a passerby. Slager fired eight times at Scott before he was killed.