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June 9, 2015

South Carolina Grand Jury Indicts Cop for Murder of Walter Scott 
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A grand jury in South Carolina has indicted former North Charleston
police officer Michael Slager for murder for the shooting death of
unarmed African-American Walter Scott. Slager had stopped Scott for a
broken tail light when Scott fled on foot. Eyewitness video shows Slager
shooting Scott in the back eight times as he runs away. The indictment
came as hundreds of people rallied in Mc Kinney, Texas to protest a new
video showing police officer Eric Casebolt wrestling an African-American
teenage girl in a bikini to the ground, pulling her hair, and sitting on
top of her. Casebolt also pulled his gun on other teens. We'll have more
on Mc Kinney and police abuses nationwide after headlines.

 

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