The only black juror in the Walter Scott trial has finally opened up to The Today Show. The juror, Dorsey Montgomery II, talks about what lead to the jury not able to come to an unanimous decision, resulting in a mistrial and allowing Scott’s killer, former cop Michael Slager, to walk away a free man. It may […]
CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) – The judge in the trial of the former North Charleston police officer charged with a motorist’s shooting death said he will declare a mistrial after receiving a note the jury remains deadlocked. MOBILE USERS: Click here to watch the live camera in the courtroom. Michael Slager is charged in the April […]
Walter Scott’s Family Reaches $6.5 Million Settlement With North Charleston In Fatal Shooting By Cop
The family of unarmed 50-year-old Walter Scott, who was shot and killed by a North Charleston, South Carolina police officer, has reached a $6.5 million…
Since April, the officer who shot Walter Scott in the back and killed him, has been in jail, refused bail, held in isolation. Even though…
According to the Huffington Post Michael Slager has been indicted for murder charges of Walter Scott A grand jury has indicted a former South Carolina police officer in the April shooting of an unarmed black man, the prosecutor announced on Monday. Former North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager, 33, has been charged with murder in […]
Over 400 people took to the streets of New York to protest the recent police killing of Walter Scott and the deaths of many others that have…
Rev Al Sharpton talks about his time in Charleston, South Carolina in light of the shooting death of Walter Scott. “Most of law enforcement…
Roland Martin talks to Tamika Mallory about the Justice League NYC‘s march to Washington, D.C. from New York to pass legislature in light of…
We can’t stress enough the importance and game-changing nature of Feidin Santana’s decision to record the interaction between Officer Michael Slager and Walter Scott. Had…
Like many Black Americans, I was filled with anger while watching a graphic video of a white South Carolina police officer shooting an unarmed black…
In a Wednesday interview with Good Morning America, the brother of a Black South Carolina man who was fatally shot by a White North Charleston police…
Michael Slager, the South Carolina cop who shot Walter Scott eight times during a traffic stop for a non-working tail light, was denied bail Tuesday after being charged with murder. He appeared before a judge via videolink. The North Charleston officer, 33-year-old Michael T. Slager, maintains he feared for his life during the Saturday traffic […]
