Police Officer Michael Slager Sentenced To 20-Years In Prison Over Shooting Death Of Walter Scott (Video)

December 11. 2017

Former police officer, Michael Slager, has been sentenced to 20-years in prison for the shooting death of unarmed motorist, Walter Scott. In 2015, Slager pulled over Scott due to a broken taillight. Scott fled the vehicle fearing the worst in South Carolina, a state with severe racial division. Slager chased Scott on foot, shot at him from the back 8 times, went up to the dying man, pushed his face into the ground to suffocate him, then planted the gun beside the body. 5 bullets fatally struck Scott in the back.

Slager called in the incident stating Scott attacked him and stole his gun, which was a lie. Unbeknownst to Slager, a civilian, Feidin Santana, saw Scott running from the police officer and began recording the incident with his mobile phone camera. The video was chilling and a terrible reminder that some police officers do frame people for crimes they did not commit.

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Walter Scott shooting: Michael Slager, ex-officer, sentenced to 20 years in prison

Dec 9 2017, 11:25 am ET - HARLESTON, S.C. — More than two years ago, the fatal shooting of Walter Scott, an unarmed black motorist, by a white South Carolina police officer set off a wave of national protests over racially biased policing and the use of lethal force. On Thursday, Michael Slager, who was fired as a North Charleston patrolman days after the shooting, was sentenced to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty in Scott's death.

U.S. District Judge David Norton, in issuing the sentence, said Slager shot Scott with "malice and recklessness" and then gave false testimony to investigators. Norton ruled that Slager, 36, was guilty of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice, and he also sentenced Slager to two years of supervision after his release...

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