This one actually looks like a wrong shoot, not only a video, but an apparent attempt by the officer to plant a weapon on the man shot.
Update (ZIP): Wanted to throw my 2 cents in on this. For years we have successfully argued cases like Mike Brown and Trayvon were not racially motivated. Now we have this idiot cop f*ck it all up for us.
Via Fox News:
A South Carolina police officer was arrested and charged with murder Tuesday in the weekend shooting death of a motorist after a traffic stop over a faulty brake light.
City Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager, who is white, was taken into custody after law enforcement officials saw a video of him shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott, who is black, in the back as he ran away. Slager, 33, a five-year veteran of the North Charleston force, was denied bond at a brief first appearance hearing Tuesday. If convicted, he faces 30 years to life in prison.
North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey announced the charges at a hastily called news conference in which he said City Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager made “a bad decision.”
“When you’re wrong, you’re wrong,” Summey said. “When you make a bad decision, don’t care if you’re behind the shield or a citizen on the street, you have to live with that decision.”