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December 8, 2017

White Cop Michael Slager Sentenced to 20 Years for Murdering Walter Scott
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White former police officer Michael Slager has been sentenced to 20
years in prison for murdering unarmed black motorist Walter Scott in
North Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015. Video footage shows Scott was
unarmed and running away from Officer Slager when Slager opened fire,
shooting Scott eight times in the back, killing him.


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