A white former police officer who shot an unarmed black man to death after he fled a traffic stop never showed any racial animus toward people he encountered in the community, his attorney said in federal court on Monday.
Read moreFormer South Carolina police officer Michael Slager pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the civil rights of an unarmed black motorist he shot dead after the man ran from an April 2015 traffic stop.
Read moreTwo men who claim they were assaulted with a stun gun by former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager have settled their lawsuits with the city for $80,000.
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A federal judge has denied a motion to keep a cellphone video of a white former police officer shooting an unarmed black motorist to death out of sight of the jury in the ex-officer’s upcoming trial.
Read moreA federal judge on Monday granted a request from the attorneys of former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager for a statewide jury pool for his federal civil rights trial in the shooting death of a black motorist.
Read moreThe retrial of former North Charleston, South Carolina police officer Michael Slager has been pushed back from March 1 to Aug. 28 to accommodate the schedules of expert witnesses for the defense.
Read moreThe attorney for the white former North Charleston police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black motorist during an April 2015 traffic stop has requested the jurors for his client’s upcoming federal civil rights trial be picked from all over South Carolina.
Read moreProsecutors in South Carolina will get their second chance to convict former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager of murder beginning on March 1, two months before his federal civil rights trial over the shooting of an unarmed black motorist is set to begin.
Read moreA mistrial has been declared in the trial of a white former South Carolina police officer charged with the murder of an unarmed black motorist.
Read moreA majority of jurors in the trial of a white former South Carolina police officer accused of murder in the shooting death of a black motorist cannot reach a verdict in the case.
Read moreThe judge in the murder trial of a white South Carolina police officer who shot and killed a black motorist during an April 2015 traffic stop on Wednesday ruled jurors can consider a lesser charge of manslaughter when they begin their deliberations.
Read moreThe prosecution rested its case on Wednesday in the trial of a white South Carolina police officer accused of murdering an unarmed black motorist during a 2015 traffic stop.
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