GUILTY SC - Walter Scott, 50, fatally shot by North Charleston PD officer, 4 April 2015 - #2

[JerseyGirl]

It is expected that the sentencing hearing will last about a week. The hearing will include testimony to determine if Slager’s crime is equivalent to voluntary manslaughter or murder.

https://www.theroot.com/sentencing-begins-in-trial-of-ex-s-c-cop-who-killed-wa-1820971456

 

[Jax49]

Former South Carolina police officer who shot Walter Scott sentenced to 20 years

​https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/12/07/former-south-carolina-police-officer-who-shot-walter-scott-sentenced-to-20-years/?utm_term=.d80a6fc242f0

 

[Jax49]

"The former South Carolina police officer who shot and killed Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, following a traffic stop was sentenced Thursday to 20 years behind bars in a federal case stemming from the fatal encounter.

Michael Slager, who had been an officer with the North Charleston police, was charged with murder in state court and indicted on federal civil rights charges after the shooting in 2015. His murder trial ended with a deadlocked jury last year, and prosecutors had vowed to retry Slager in state court."

From WP article above.

 

[CoolJ]

Former South Carolina police officer who shot Walter Scott sentenced to 20 years

​https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/12/07/former-south-carolina-police-officer-who-shot-walter-scott-sentenced-to-20-years/?utm_term=.d80a6fc242f0

Justice. The times are a changin'!

 

[Cubby]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/emotional-testimony-expected-officers-sentencing-ends-51639248

20 years, yep times are changin'.

 

[Tawny]

I was so happy to read about this yesterday!

 

[Jax49]

I was so happy to read about this yesterday!

I think a lot of us were...so tired of seeing LE get away with killing people, when it isn't necessary.

[h=1]Can former police officer Michael Slager's 20-year sentence deter other killings?[/h]
https://www.postandcourier.com/news...cle_0a7405ce-dc2e-11e7-825c-035df9b73385.html

[FONT=&quot]While Michael Slager's 20-year sentence has been viewed as a warning to other police officers faced with using their firearms in the line of duty, some observers doubt the lasting influence of a particularly stark example of excessive force like Walter Scott’s death.[/FONT]

 

[JerseyGirl]

Five years before George Floyd, a bystander filmed another pivotal police killing. It nearly cost him everything.