‘Today, Thursday December 7, 2017, US District Court Judge David Norton sentenced Michael Slager to 20 years in federal prison.’ … I’d have a hard time forgiving!!
Walter Scott
The family of Walter Scott has expressed forgiveness, but said that they are glad to see Michael Slager held accountable. Walter was killed in April 2015.
The State charged North Charleston police officer Michael Slager with murder or voluntary manslaughter in the killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man. Walter Scott was shot in the back 5 times.
Trial began on November 3, 2016, with closing arguments on November 30, 2016. We followed the trial on this blog with part 1; part 2; and part 3.
Slager said in his report that Walter took his taser from him, giving him justification to use deadly force. However, a by-stander’s video was released shortly after the deadly encounter that shows Slager unholstered his weapon and fire as Walter ran away. The video also shows that Slager walked back and retrieved his taser, which was dropped to…
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It Is What It Is 
Woah . . . There have been so many murders of by cops on video yet they have gotten off. So why this one? It is good someone was held accountable. It was long overdue.
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