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Video: Did this South Carolina police officer plant the stun gun?
Apr 7, 2015, 4:36 PM | Updated: Apr 8, 2015, 6:59 am
A white South Carolina police officer was charged with murder Tuesday in the weekend shooting death of a black motorist after a traffic stop.
City Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager was arrested and charged after law enforcement officials saw a video of the shooting following a Saturday traffic stop, North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey told a hastily called news conference.
White SC officer charged with murder for shooting black man
Authorities say the victim, 50-year-old Walter Lamer Scott of Charleston, was shot after the officer already hit him with a stun gun. A video of the shooting released to news media outlets shows the officer firing several times at the man’s back while he’s running away.
Skeptics are saying that it appears in the video that the officer planted the stun gun.
What do you think?
Warning: This video contains graphic images of a fatal police shooting.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
