Former South Carolina police officer who fatally shot Walter Scott indicted on federal civil rights

[malaise]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/05/11/former-north-charleston-officer-who-shot-walter-scott-indicted-on-federal-civil-rights-violation/
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The former South Carolina police officer who shot and killed Walter Scott as he fled a traffic stop last year was indicted by a federal grand jury that charged him with a civil rights violation.

In the indictment filed Tuesday, the grand jury accuses Michael Slager, a former North Charleston police officer, of depriving Scott of his rights under color of law. The grand jury said that when Slager shot Scott “without legal justification” in April 2015, he took away his constitutional right “to be free from the use of unreasonable force by a law enforcement officer.”

Slager is also charged with obstruction of justice, with the grand jury saying that he knowingly misled state investigators by telling them that that Scott, who was not armed, was approaching him with a Taser. He was also charged with one count of using a weapon during “a felony crime of violence.”

Magistrate Judge Bristow Marchant also signed an order Tuesday for a warrant to be issued for Slager’s arrest, and the former officer was turned in to the FBI on Wednesday morning, according to Andrew J. Savage III, an attorney for Slager.

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Great news

[babylonsister]

1. Good! This happens way too much. nt