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July 12, 2017

White NC State Trooper Fatally Shot Black Motorist in the Back After Traffic Stop
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In North Carolina, the state Medical Examiner's Office has confirmed a
white North Carolina state trooper shot 31-year-old African American
Willard Scott in the back, killing him in February as he was running
away from the trooper after a traffic stop in Durham. Prosecutors have
not yet charged trooper Jerimy Mathis. The case is reminiscent of the
police killing of Walter Scott, who was fatally shot in the back eight
times while he was running away from white police officer Michael Slager
in South Carolina in 2015.


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