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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - A white former North Charleston police officer has been indicted on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man who was running away from the officer.
The April 4 shooting was captured on video by a bystander and showed officer Michael Slager firing eight times at 50-year-old Walter Scott. The shooting rekindled the ongoing national debate about the treatment of black suspects at the hands of white officers.
Slager was charged and fired from his job almost immediately after the video surfaced. Prosecutor Scarlett Wilson announced the indictment Monday.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - A white former North Charleston police officer has been indicted on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man who was running away from the officer.
The April 4 shooting was captured on video by a bystander and showed officer Michael Slager firing eight times at 50-year-old Walter Scott. The shooting rekindled the ongoing national debate about the treatment of black suspects at the hands of white officers.
Slager was charged and fired from his job almost immediately after the video surfaced. Prosecutor Scarlett Wilson announced the indictment Monday.
White officers? It's amazing how this lie has become reality for so many. There's no evidence whatsoever to suggest White cops shoot Black people at a higher rate than any other cops. In fact, the limited data available shows Black cops shoot Blacks at a higher rate than White cops. Same with police brutality charges, arrest stats, etc. The issue is not racist White cops targeting Blacks, it's that all cops profile & have an us vs them mentality when working in dangerous/high crime areas.
White officers? It's amazing how this lie has become reality for so many. There's no evidence whatsoever to suggest White cops shoot Black people at a higher rate than any other cops. In fact, the limited data available shows Black cops shoot Blacks at a higher rate than White cops. Same with police brutality charges, arrest stats, etc. The issue is not racist White cops targeting Blacks, it's that all cops profile & have an us vs them mentality when working in dangerous/high crime areas.
If a white or white Hispanic person shoots a black person, it's a national outrage, racism to the extreme, and it's time to riot and scream bloody murder and for Eric Holder to investigate civil rights violation!!! There's no need to wait for the evidence to come out, obviously.
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