misconduct that the city and department acknowledged it was the officer at fault after initially blaming the victim, saying he had threatened the officer with a taser. good afternoon. reporter: at a news conference, the mayor and police chief announced the accused officer, 33-year-old michael slager, had been terminated. but that medical benefit for his eight-month-pregnant wife would continue. we think that is the humane thing to do, and we re going to do. that. reporter: the mayor asked the community pray for the grieving scott family. the city s police chief offered his strongest condemnation yet of the police shooting. i have watched the video, and i was sickened by what i saw. and i had not watched it since. reporter: but both men were often interrupted by demonstrators and members of the public who shouted them down. no justice no peace! reporter: wanting to know why medical aid did not appear to be given to the wounded scott by
i started reporting, they were on the floor. the police had control of the situation. scott s family said they first saw the video sunday. they re horrified and believe the video captures an attempt by slager to plant a taser close to scott s limp body. the policeman is supposed to protect the people not try to frame them. they supposed to be honest people. reporter: slager joined the police department five years ago. in 2013 police records show he was exonerated following a complaint of improper use of force with a taser involving a blackman. north charleston s mayor and police chief announced the 33-year-old accused officer has now been terminated but the medical benefits for his eight-month pregnant wife would continue. we think that is the humane thing for us to do. reporter: the city leaders often interrupted by demonstrators, members of the public. no justice. no peace. may i make one statement?
black man. north charleston s mayor and police chief announced the 33-year-old accused officer has now been terminated. but that medical benefits for his eight-month pregnant wife would continue. we think that is the humane thing for us to do. the city leaders often interrupted by demonstrator members of the public. no justice, no peace. may i make one statement? wanting to know whether the predominantly white force was now ready to change. we received a grant to purchase 101 body cameras. every officer that s on the street in uniform will have a body camera. chris, it isn t just the body cameras that those who have been demonstratoring are worry about. we re talking about the officers that responded after the shooting and what aid did they render or not render?
the community, demonstrators took to the streets complaining it was only after the video surfaced showing what appears to be misconduct did the city and the department finally acknowledge it was the officer who was at fault. after initially blaming the victim saying he had threatened the officer with a taser. good afternoon. reporter: at a news conference the mayor and police chief announced the accused officer, 33-year-old michael slager, had been terminated but benefits for his 8 month pregnant wife would continue. we think that s the humane thing for us to do and we will do that. reporter: also to pray for the grieving scott family. the city s police chief offered strongest condemnation yet of the police shooting. i have watched the video. and i was sickened by what i saw. i have not watched it since.
regressive way. we ll be tracking the tracking program for sure. i m finally saying good-bye to you. gentlemen, thank you very much. thank you. he weighed just 100 pounds and suffered from schizophrenia, but it it didn t stop police from killing a teen. did that officer yell for help or ask for someone to shoot this man? no, sir. then why did the detective feel like he needed to use deadly force? coming up next, why a lawyer for the accused officer says his client was simply following police protocol. [ coughs, sneezes ] i have a big meeting when we land, but i am so stuffed up, i can t rest.