COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a former South Carolina policeman sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in the shooting death of an unarmed...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for an imprisoned former policeman want a federal appellate court to reconsider its ruling upholding his conviction and 20-year sentence for killing an unarmed motorist who was running away from a traffic stop in South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An appellate court has upheld the conviction and 20-year sentence of a white former South Carolina policeman for the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist who was running away from a traffic stop.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The video was viewed millions of times around the world. It was somewhat blurry, recorded from a distance, but it clearly showed an unarmed black man running from a white officer, who shot him five times in the back.
On Thursday, relatives of that fleeing motorist described the pain of reliving Walter Scott's death each time the cellphone video aired. Over and over, they've watched Scott crumple to the ground, never to rise again.
Walter Scott Family Praises Trial’s Outcome
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the federal sentencing of a former South Carolina police officer in the death of an unarmed motorist (all times local):
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A white former police officer says he is grateful for the forgiveness from the family of a black man that he shot to death.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — One by one, relatives of the late Walter Scott urged a judge to mete out a significant punishment for Michael Slager, the white former police officer who fatally shot Scott, an unarmed black man, in the back after a 2015 traffic stop.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The son of a black motorist who was shot to death by a white former police officer asked a judge Wednesday to hand down the stiffest sentence possible: life in prison.
Clutching a photograph of his father, Miles Scott said he has had trouble sleeping ever since his father, Walter Scott, was shot in the back while running from then-officer Michael Slager after a traffic stop in 2015. He said he misses watching football games with his dad.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the federal sentencing of a white former South Carolina officer who pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist (all times local):
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Closing arguments have wrapped up in the federal sentencing trial of a former South Carolina police office facing prison time for the shooting of an unarmed motorist.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A judge overseeing the federal sentencing of a white former police officer who pleaded guilty in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist is allowing expert defense testimony about disputed audio and video recordings.
On Tuesday, one of those experts said his analysis showed that former North Charleston officer Michael Slager fought with Walter Scott before their fatal encounter and the ex-officer said: "Let go of my Taser before I shoot you."
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a former South Carolina officer in the shooting death of an unarmed motorist (all times local):
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An expert in traumatic stress says the interview state police conducted with Michael Slager days after he shot an unarmed black motorist to death does not meet accepted standards in the field.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a former South Carolina officer in the shooting death of an unarmed motorist (all times local):
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A forensic expert says video of a white former South Carolina officer shooting a black motorist shows the two men fought on the ground before the fatal shooting.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A white former police officer who shot an unarmed black man to death in the back as he fled a traffic stop never had any "racial animus" toward minorities in the community, his attorney said Monday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former South Carolina police officer will soon learn how long he'll spend in prison for the shooting death - captured on video by a witness - of an unarmed motorist.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin in Charleston on Monday for Michael Slager, the former North Charleston police officer in jail since pleading guilty in May to violating Scott's civil rights. Scott was black. Slager is white.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Less than a week after a white former South Carolina police officer pleaded guilty to a civil rights charge in the 2015 death of an unarmed black man who ran from a traffic stop, a "Blue Lives Matter" billboard was installed on the road where the shooting happened.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A dispute over legal fees for a white ex-police officer charged in the shooting death of a black motorist in South Carolina was dismissed this week, on the same day as the former lawman's guilty plea to federal civil rights charges.
Michael Slager's lawsuit against the Southern States Police Benevolent Association was dismissed Tuesday, according to federal court documents. The two parties settled out of court earlier this year for an undisclosed amount.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — It's now up to a judge to decide the fate of a fired white officer who pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a black motorist whose killing was recorded on a bystander's cellphone. Michael Slager could get life in prison or as little as probation.
But prosecutors and the family of Walter Scott praised the plea agreement, because while Slager's sentence remains uncertain, his admission of guilt is secure.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on fired police officer Michael Slager's plea agreement in the death of Walter Scott. (all times local):
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An attorney for the family of a black motorist shot to death by a white South Carolina police officer says justice has been done with the officer's guilty plea.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A white former police officer whose killing of an unarmed black man running from a traffic stop was captured on cellphone video pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal civil rights charges that could send him to prison for decades.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Jurors will see a key piece of video evidence in the upcoming trial of a white ex-South Carolina police officer in the shooting death of a black motorist, despite the defense's request that it be tossed out.