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UPDATE: The ex-Cop charged with second-degree murder in the death of Michael Slager, an unarmed Black man, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A white former South Carolina police officer committed second-degree murder when he shot an unarmed black motorist to death and should expect to spend about two […]

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Michael Slager's decision to plead guilty marks a shift in rhetoric--for the past two years the former officer argued that he shot Scott in self-defense.

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Mainly White-dominated juries have decided police-involved shootings since August 2014. Whites tend to give law enforcement the benefit of any doubt.

    12/05/16 – Roland Martin and Meg Kinnard, Associated Press political/legal affairs reporter, provide updates on the Slager and Roof trials which are both currently happening in South Carolina. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. (Photo: Meg Kinnard Twitter Profile)

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Jurors deliberating in the murder trial of a white ex-patrolman charged with murder for shooting a black motorist asked Thursday for transcripts of key testimony and wondered about the difference between passion and fear. Michael Slager is charged in the death of 50-year-old Walter Scott, who was shot five times in […]

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A jury of 11 whites and one black man began deliberations Wednesday in the murder trial of Michael Slager, a fired white police officer who was videotaped killing a black motorist after a traffic stop. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman instructed the jurors on the law and told them they could acquit […]

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former North Charleston patrolman Michael Slager is taking the stand to tell his version of what happened when he fatally shot a black motorist fleeing a traffic stop last year. Slager, who faces 30 years to life if convicted of murder in the April 2015 death of 50-year-old Walter Scott, is […]

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) The jury in the murder trial of a white former South Carolina patrolman who shot an unarmed black motorist saw a bystander’s dramatic cellphone video of the shooting frame by frame Tuesday. The judge later ruled, after hours of arguments between attorneys with the jury out of the courtroom, that the prosecution […]

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Prosecution witnesses testifying at the murder trial of a former South Carolina police officer said Monday that his initial account of the shooting differed from what was captured on a cellphone video that was taken by a bystander. The trial of Michael Slager, who was fired from the North Charleston police […]

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Testimony in the trial of a white former South Carolina police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist is raising the questions about how much force is justified. Michael Slager faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted of murder in the April 2015 shooting death of […]

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The bystander who pressed record on his cellphone after spotting a white North Charleston policeman trying to arrest a black motorist took the witness stand Friday at the former officer’s murder trial. Feidin Santana, whose steady hand recorded Michael Slager firing eight shots at the fleeing Walter Scott, was called by […]

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A federal grand jury on Wednesday handed up a three-count indictment against former North Charleston, South Carolina police officer Michael Slager in the fatal shooting of Walter Scott on April 4, 2015, according to a statement from Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division, and U. S. Attorney Bill Nettles of the District of South […]