Welcome to al jazeera america, im stephanie sy. Outrage in South Carolina this morning over the shooting of a black man by a white Police Officer. Protesters gathered a short time ago in front of North Charleston city hall demanding justice for walter scott. We aint going to take this any longer. You cannot continue to kill young people and especially black people. All lives matter but especially black lives matter. We have been treated like cattle for years, and its not going to continue. Scott was 50 years old. He was shot over the weekend by an officer. The officer said the felt threatened and that scott had grabbed the officers taser, but a bystanders video paints a different story. Reporter saturday what started as a routine traffic stop for a broken taillight ended with this officer shooting and killing the driver 50yearold walter scott. At the time local citizens called for calm. I dont want this to become an ferguson. I dont want any more lives to be taken. Reporter newly relea
Stressful circumstances. A. Sickened, that was the reaction of North Charleston police chief eddy driggers. Wound up dead sparked fierce nationwide protests. Latest flash point, South Carolina, we spoke to the officer in North Charleston. Also been terminated from the Police Department. A lot of reactions that the, lot of the protesters and activists who wanted answers. Unfortunately what they felt is they didnt get those answers from the police chief. The police chief did point out that the local department is not handling the investigation income it infact it is the South Carolina Law Enforcement, wanted to know about other officers who may have witnessed the shooting. Did other officers who arrived perhaps attempt to perform cpr. What we learned from the mayor is that we do plan to equip all of the officers in the North Charleston Police Department with body cameras. Thats from North Charleston, South Carolina. Fellow citizens about violent racially charged encounters with police. T
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More than a week ago police in new york arrested two women on charges in relation to a bomb. The women were inspired by a designated terrorist group that the United States targeted in yemen. Both were targeted by an undercover investigation into homegrown terrorist plots, in philadelphia, a woman was arrested on charges that she tried to join i. S. I. L. , another group, that america is targetting in iraq. Details in both cases are unfolding, they involved joint federal bureau of investigation and local police. In some circles the joint task force comes under intense criticism. Since 9 11, 40 of the budget has been allocated to counterterrorism organizations. The number of confident ial plots have risen to 15,000. Its been said that it creates and has phoney terrorist plots so the federal bureau of investigation can justify counterterrorism. Those efforts have achieved some successes, but the question is at what cost . Reporter when it comes to funding effort to root out terrorism the
The cost of injustice begins. The bigger challenge how to make good decisions under stressful circumstances. A. Sickened, that was the reaction of North Charleston police chief eddy driggers. Wound up dead sparked fierce nationwide protests. Latest flash point, South Carolina, we spoke to the officer in North Charleston. Also been terminated from the Police Department. A lot of reactions that the, lot of the protesters and activists who wanted answers. Unfortunately what they felt is they didnt get those answers from the police chief. The police chief did point out that the local department is not handling the investigation income it infact it is the South Carolina Law Enforcement, wanted to know about other officers who may have witnessed the shooting. Did other officers who arrived perhaps attempt to perform cpr. What we learned from the mayor is that we do plan to equip all of the officers in the North Charleston Police Department with body cameras. Thats from North Charleston, Sout