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April 9, 2015

Dozens Protest Walter Scott Shooting in South Carolina; Indicted Officer is Fired 
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Protests are underway in South Carolina over a white police officer's
fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American man who was running away.
On Wednesday, dozens of people rallied outside of North Charleston city
hall. The victim, Walter Scott, had been stopped for having a broken
brake light, which protesters say was part of a pattern of harassment of
African Americans over minor offenses. The officer, Michael Slager was
fired by the police force on Wednesday one day after his indictment for
murder.

 

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