Nation Dec 13 5 police misconduct cases had new developments last week. Here’s what happened By Hannah Grabenstein, Joshua Barajas
Nation Dec 07 Former South Carolina officer gets 20-year sentence for fatal shooting of Walter Scott Michael Slager's sentence, though handed down through a plea agreement and not a jury trial, is a rare conviction in police shooting cases, which have often ended in acquittals and mistrials. By Hannah Grabenstein
Nation May 02 Officer pleads guilty to federal civil rights charge in 2015 shooting of Walter Scott A former North Charleston police officer who was caught on video fatally shooting a black motorist as he fled a traffic stop in South Carolina pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal civil rights charge. By Dave Berndtson
Politics Dec 05 Watch 3:15 News Wrap: Mistrial for South Carolina police officer who killed Walter Scott In our news wrap Monday, a South Carolina judge declared a mistrial in a police killing after the jury deadlocked. North Charleston officer Michael Slager was charged with murdering an unarmed black man, Walter Scott, as he ran from a… By PBS News Hour
Dec 05 Mistrial declared in case against officer charged with killing Walter Scott By Joshua Barajas After more than 22 hours of deliberations over four days, jurors told Circuit Judge Clifton Newman on Monday afternoon they could not come to an unanimous decision in the case against the 34-year-old ex-patrolman, who faced a possible sentence of… Continue reading
Nov 03 Officer’s caught-on-camera actions in the death of Walter Scott ‘flat out wrong,’ S.C. solicitor says By Joshua Barajas Attorneys delivered opening statements Thursday in the trial of a South Carolina police officer Michael Slager over the 2015 death of Walter L. Scott, an unarmed black man. Continue reading
Apr 10 How and why you should record the police By Anya van Wagtendonk In the days after police officer Michael Slager shot and killed Walter Scott, he maintained he was justified in his use of force. Then, a video emerged that changed everything. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 9:51 How a bystander’s video revealed the truth about a police shooting in South Carolina By PBS News Hour Continue watching