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Police video shows Walter Scott running from car

State's chief investigator says video 'confirmed our initial suspicions.''

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A grand jury indicted former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager on a murder charge, South Carolina prosecutor Scarlett Wilson said.

Slager is accused of shooting and killing motorist Walter Scott; the shooting was caught on video. In April, Slager was fired from the department, arrested and charged with murder. Ref. CNN

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Family of man killed by cop reaches $6.5M settlement with North Charleston officials

The family of Walter Scott, an unarmed black South Carolina man shot and killed by a police officer, has come to a $6.5 million settlement with the North Charleston city council. Officer Michael Slager, who is white, was arrested and charged with murder after a videotape surfaced showing the officer shooting a fleeing Scott in the back multiple times. Ref. USAToday

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Ex-cop Michael Slager, charged with murder of unarmed black S.C. Motorist, out on bail

Michael Slager has been released from jail on a $500,000 bond, according to jail records. Slager is charged with murder in last year's shooting death of Walter Scott, an unarmed black motorist killed after a traffic stop in South Carolina. Slager, a former North Charleston police officer, is shown on cellphone video firing eight times as Scott ran away. Ref. USAToday

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The judge in the murder trial of former North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer Michael Slager has declared a mistrial after jurors were unable to reach a verdict.

Slager shot and killed Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, after a 2015 traffic stop. Ref. CNN.

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I dislike mistrials so much. After all that time, effort and money no sure verdict is reached.

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Michael Slager, the former South Carolina police officer who fatally shot unarmed black motorist Walter Scott, intends to plead guilty Tuesday to one federal charge of excessive use of force as part of a plea agreement, a source with direct knowledge of the plea deal said.

Slager shot Scott in the back as Scott was running away from him following a traffic stop in April 2015.

The federal charge is a felony and is punishable by up to life in prison. The remaining state murder charges -- as well as two other federal charges -- will be dismissed as part of this plea agreement, the source said.

Slager's state murder trial ended in a mistrial in December after a jury failed to reach a verdict. The killing sparked renewed "Black Lives Matter" protests after Scott became the latest in a series of unarmed black men killed by police. Ref. CNN.

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I remember this and the video was pretty explicit. This kid was running away from the police officer, who then drew his service weapon and shot him in the back. Now, I usually give a cop on the street the benefit of the doubt, but this one was just too cut and dried. The cop overreacted and killed that poor kid. As far as I'm concerned, he's getting off light with a life sentence and I know what happens to cops in prison.