Fiveyear veteran with the Charleston Police department being charged with murder. This comes incredibly quickly. This shooting took place saturday afternoon, just four days ago. And the state Law Enforcement department there in the state of South Carolina has charged him with murder. In this video, its dramatic, you see in the initial moments of the video the victim in this case, 50yearold walter scott, very close to the officer but starting to run away. You see some objects fall to the ground. Officer slager apparently said that he feared for his life or he felt like he was in danger because the victim had reached for his taser. But walter scott gets about 25 feet away, four seconds later and eight shots, walter scott drops to the ground. He is later pronounced dead at the scene. And then one interesting piece, if you look closely at the video, at one point you see slager go back to where the initial confrontation had taken place and dropped something next to Walter Scotts body. Its n
This turning video emerged of the shooting itself. [ gunshots ] i want to bring in cnns ed lavandera for the latest. Reporter john and christine, this dramatic video has ended with officer Michael Slager of the Charleston Police department being charged with murder. This comes incredibly quickly. This shooting took place saturday afternoon, just four days ago. And the state Law Enforcement department there in the state of South Carolina has charged him with murder. In this video, its dramatic you see in the initial moments of the video the victim in this case 50yearold walter scott, very close to the officer but starting to run away. You see some objects fall to the ground. Officer slager apparently said that he feared for his life or he felt like he was in danger because the victim had reached for his taser. But walter scott gets about 25 feet away four seconds later and eight shots, walter scott drops to the ground. Is he later pronounced dead at the scene. And then one interesting p
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