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| South Carolina officer charged with murder after shooting man in the back | |
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| A white police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting on Saturday of a 50-year-old black man, Walter Scott, marking a remarkably swift move for justice in a fatal police incident. | |
| North Charleston police chief Eddie Driggers said officer Michael Slager, 33, had been arrested and charged with murder. | |
| Footage of the shooting, which occurred around 9.30am after Scott was pulled over for a traffic violation, reportedly shows Slager firing eight times at Scott, who is running away. | |
| Local newspaper the Post and Courier published a still from video which appears to show Scott fleeing as Slager points a gun at his back. | Local newspaper the Post and Courier published a still from video which appears to show Scott fleeing as Slager points a gun at his back. |
| Slager had initially released a statement through his lawyer arguing he had “followed all the proper procedures and policies of the North Charleston police department”. | Slager had initially released a statement through his lawyer arguing he had “followed all the proper procedures and policies of the North Charleston police department”. |
| But at a press conference on Tuesday, North Charleston mayor Keith Summey told reporters that Slager had made a “bad decision”. | But at a press conference on Tuesday, North Charleston mayor Keith Summey told reporters that Slager had made a “bad decision”. |
| “When you’re wrong, you’re wrong,” Summey said as quoted by the Post and Courier. “When you make a bad decision, don’t care if you’re behind the shield or a citizen on the street, you have to live with that decision.” | “When you’re wrong, you’re wrong,” Summey said as quoted by the Post and Courier. “When you make a bad decision, don’t care if you’re behind the shield or a citizen on the street, you have to live with that decision.” |
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