After Video Surfaces, South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder in Black Man’s Death
A white police officer has been charged with murder, the mayor of North Charleston, S.C., said Tuesday, after a video surfaced showing him shooting and killing an apparently unarmed black man in the back while he ran away.
The officer, Michael T. Slager, had said he feared for his life because the man took his stun gun in a scuffle after a traffic stop on Saturday. A video, however, shows the officer firing eight times as the man fled.
The state charges were announced in a news conference Tuesday evening.
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