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South Carolina officer charged with murder after shooting man in the back
Video shows white police officer Michael Slager shooting 50-year-old black man Walter Scott in the back at least eight times as he ran away
A white police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting on Saturday of a 50-year-old black man, Walter Scott, marking a remarkably swift move for justice in a fatal police incident.
North Charleston police chief Eddie Driggers said officer Michael Slager, 33, had been arrested and charged with murder.
Footage of the shooting, which occurred around 9.30am after Scott was pulled over for a traffic violation, reportedly shows Slager firing eight times at Scott, who is running away.
Local newspaper the Post and Courier published a still from video which appears to show Scott fleeing as Slager points a gun at his back.
Slager had initially released a statement through his lawyer arguing he had “followed all the proper procedures and policies of the North Charleston police department”.
But at a press conference on Tuesday, North Charleston mayor Keith Summey told reporters that Slager had made a “bad decision”.
“When you’re wrong, you’re wrong,” Summey said as quoted by the Post and Courier. “When you make a bad decision, don’t care if you’re behind the shield or a citizen on the street, you have to live with that decision.”
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