The youngest son of a slain black motorist has asked a judge to levy the stiffest possible sentence against the former police officer who shot his father to death.Miles Scott asked a federal judge mulling how much time Michael Slager...
A judge overseeing the federal sentencing of a white former police officer who pleaded guilty in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist is allowing expert defense testimony about disputed audio and video recordings.On Tuesday, one of those experts...
Federal prosecutors argue Michael Slager committed second degree murder when he shot and killed Walter Scott in April 2015, and they want a judge to use that as the basis for deciding the former North Charleston Police Officer's fate in...
A dispute over legal fees for Michael Slager in the shooting death of Walter Scott has been dismissed. Court documents show a lawsuit of the former North Charleston police officer against the Southern States Police Benevolent Association was officially dis...
It’s been a long two years for the family of Walter Scott.After their loved one's killer, Michael Slager, pleaded guilty Tuesday to use of excessive force, Scott's family says their faith in the justice system has been restored, and now...
Afterex-North Charleston Police officer Michael Slager pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal courtto using excessive force when he shot and killed Walter Scott in April 2015, Scott family attorney Chris Stewart called the conviction rare.Rare, Stewart said,
Rodney Scott, one of two brothers who spoke Tuesday following the guilty plea of the former police officer charged in their sibling's death, said he was thankful for the man who witnessed the deadly shooting and captured video on a...
Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said justice was found Tuesday after former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager entered a guilty plea for use of excessive force in the shooting death of Walter Scott....Slager knew it was wrong and illegal, Wilson said...
