michael slager federal trial
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Former Cop Sentenced to 20 Years for Shooting Death of Walter Scott
Updated Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, 2:30 p.m. EST: ABC News reports that former South Carolina Police Officer Michael Slager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, in the back during a routine traffic stop in 2015. Earlier: It happened. A (former) cop is finally going to…
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#WalterScott: Black Attorneys Group, New Black Panther Party Demand Life Sentence for Killer Cop Michael Slager
A Washington, D.C.-based black attorneys group is demanding that former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager be given a life sentence in his federal case for the 2015 shooting death of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott. Malik Shabazz, president of Black Lawyers for Justice, is concerned that Slager will get a light sentence, Live…
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Cop Who Killed Walter Scott to Be Retried for Murder in 2017
The former North Charleston, S.C., police officer charged in the murder of motorist Walter Scott will be retried March 1, reports CNN. A state judge declared a mistrial in the case earlier this month after jurors could not unanimously reach a decision to convict Michael Slager. Although Slager was caught lying about the April 4,…
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#WalterScott: Federal Civil Rights Trial for Michael Slager Expected This Spring
Just a week after his state murder trial in the death of Walter Scott ended with a hung jury, a source close to the case said Tuesday that federal prosecutors expect to try former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager sometime this spring. As previously reported on The Root, state prosecutor Scarlett A. Wilson…