A South Carolina police officer has been charged with murder after video surfaced that appears to show him on Saturday shooting an unarmed man who was running away.
Michael Slager, a white officer with the North Charleston Police Department, was arrested Tuesday, according to a statement from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. The shooting victim was black. If found guilty of murder, Slager could face up to life in prison or death.
Despicable to say the least. Police aren't smart enough to know someone is filming somewhere? Good thing one person was because this crime would have gone down as the black man's fault.
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South Carolina school resource officer Ben Fields has been fired, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced Wednesday. Fields was relieved of his duties following an incident in which he forcibly removed a high school student from her desk. Ref. CNN
Contempt Charge Upheld for Defendant Who Sent Judge Nasty Note
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Is this woman OUT of her mind? How would she send such note to a Judge! She must be mental.
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South Carolina police seized millions of dollars from people not charged with crimes. Most of them are black. South Carolina police have seized more than $17 million from residents over three years using civil asset forfeiture. In a first of its kind statewide investigation of more than 3,200 forfeiture cases, a team of USA TODAY Network journalists discovered police overwhelmingly seize cash and property from black residents. In hundreds of cases, no one is ever charged with a crime and in hundreds more, no one is convicted. But in most instances, police still get to keep the money and use it for their departments. Source 7c.