Universal Oil, Gas and Mining Company was the first black-owned oil company in the United States. Its headquarters was located at 1051 ½ Texas Avenue in Shreveport. UOGMC got its start at the very beginning of the Great Depression, when the company had only $20 left in its entire treasury after paperwork was filed for the charter.
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Scott fled the car, and when Slager caught up to him, the two struggled over the officer s Taser. Scott broke free from the skirmish. A bystander s cellphone video captured what happened next – an unarmed Black man running away from an officer as a barrage of bullets were fired into his back.
Even that wasn t enough for immediate justice.
Slager was tried on a charge of murder in state court in 2016. A mistrial was declared after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision. Slager pleaded guilty to a single federal civil rights charge, which avoided another trial and left his sentencing to a judge.