Source: www.wjla.com - Wednesday, April 08, 2015
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed an unarmed black man in self-defense has been fired, the city's mayor announced Wednesday, a day after the release of a video showing the officer firing eight shots at the fleeing man's back. The mayor also announced that he had ordered body cameras to be worn by every single officer on the force in North Charleston. Protests began within hours of the murder charge against Michael Thomas Slager. "I have watched the video. And I was sickened by what I saw. And I have not watched it since," Police Chief Eddie Driggers said. He was interrupted by chants of "no justice, no peace" and other shouted questions that he and the mayor said they could not answer. The town will continue to pay for Slager's health insurance because his wife is eight months pregnant, said Mayor Keith Summey, who called the incident a tragedy for two families. About 75 people gathered outside City Hall, led by a Black Lives Matter, a group formed after the fatal shooting of another black man in Ferguson, Missouri. "Eight shots in the back!" local organizer Muhiydin D'Baha shouted through a bullhorn. The crowd yelled "In the back!" in response. The video recorded by an unidentified bystander shows North Charleston Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager dropping his Taser, pulling out his Glock pistol and firing at Walter Lamer Scott from a distance as he runs away. The 50-year-old
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed an unarmed black man in self-defense has been fired, the city's mayor announced Wednesday, a day after the release of a video showing the officer firing eight shots at the fleeing man's back. The mayor also announced that he had ordered body cameras to be worn by every single officer on the force in North Charleston. Protests began within hours of the murder charge against Michael Thomas Slager. "I have watched the video. And I was sickened by what I saw. And I have not watched it since," Police Chief Eddie Driggers said. He was interrupted by chants of "no justice, no peace" and other shouted questions that he and the mayor said they could not answer. The town will continue to pay for Slager's health insurance because his wife is eight months pregnant, said Mayor Keith Summey, who called the incident a tragedy for two families. About 75 people gathered outside City Hall, led by a Black Lives Matter, a group formed after the fatal shooting of another black man in Ferguson, Missouri. "Eight shots in the back!" local organizer Muhiydin D'Baha shouted through a bullhorn. The crowd yelled "In the back!" in response. The video recorded by an unidentified bystander shows North Charleston Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager dropping his Taser, pulling out his Glock pistol and firing at Walter Lamer Scott from a distance as he runs away. The 50-year-old
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