Walter Scott

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June 3, 2022
Police do lie, and often. Those who accept what police officers say as the God’s honest truth are likely to…
April 5, 2022
The family of Walter Scott wants him to be remembered during national conversations surrounding victims of law enforcement violence. 
December 7, 2017
A judge hands down ruling after former officer pleads guilty to violating Scott's civil rights
May 2, 2017
Michael Slager, who was charged with murder in the shooting of black motorist Walter Scott, planned to plead guilty Tuesday…
December 9, 2016
Dorsey Montgomery, the jury foreman in the trial for Michael Slager, had a 2014 traffic stop and arrest but was…
December 8, 2016
Juror Dorsey Montgomery said he thought officer Michael Slager should be convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of…
December 5, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) —  A mistrial has been declared in the trial of a South Carolina police officer charged with
December 3, 2016
On Friday, one lone juror said that he could not convict former police officer Michael Slager, who was captured on video
November 23, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The defense called witnesses at Michael Slager's murder trial Tuesday who testified that the former patrolman…
November 3, 2016
Juries in Cincinnati and Charleston, South Carolina, will decide the fates of white former officers charged with murder in the…
October 19, 2016
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting of Walter Scott as…
September 20, 2016
When 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began sitting down during the national anthem in the NFL preseason, few noticed. It wasn’t
January 5, 2016
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — A former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of an
December 13, 2015
Video footage shows two Los Angeles police officers shooting an armed man to death as he appears to walk and…
October 8, 2015
NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — A city in South Carolina approved a $6.5 million settlement Thursday with the family…
September 15, 2015
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — A judge denied bail Monday for a white former South Carolina police officer charged with…
September 3, 2015
Gov. Nikki Haley, and all other politicians, take note: It is not your job to tell the #BlackLivesMatter movement what…
June 18, 2015
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When Clementa Pinckney stepped to the well of the South Carolina Senate chamber in April, fellow…
June 8, 2015
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — A grand jury on Monday affirmed the state of South Carolina's murder charge against a…
May 8, 2015
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — As a South Carolina sheriff's deputy responded to a report of a home invasion, he shouted…