Guest Yahoo! News Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 [attach=full]22799[/attach]By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A white former police officer accused of fatally shooting a black man in the back as he ran from a traffic stop in South Carolina was indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge on Monday, a prosecutor said. Michael Slager, 33, was fired from his patrolman job in North Charleston after being charged with murder in the April 4 death of Walter Scott, 50. Scott's shooting prompted calls for police reform in South Carolina's third-largest city, but did not spark the riots and looting experienced in other U.S. cities where protesters clashed with law enforcement following such deaths. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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