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Criminal Government National Trials 

Ex-Officer Pleads Guilty in Death of Black Motorist

May 2, 2017May 4, 2017 DAN MCCUE
Law5, Michael Slager, Police Killing, Walter Scott

Former 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.

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Civil Rights Criminal Government Regional Trials 

Judge Tosses Slager Bid To Keep Shooting Video From Trial

March 17, 2017July 12, 2017 DAN MCCUE
Michael Slager, Police, Shooting, South Carolina, Walter Scott

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.

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Civil Rights Criminal National Trials 

Slager to Have Statewide Jury Pool for Civil Rights Trial

February 14, 2017 DAN MCCUE
Michael Slager, murder, Walter Scott

A 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.

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Civil Rights Trials 

Slager Counsel Seeks Statewide Jury Pool

January 10, 2017July 12, 2017 DAN MCCUE
Michael Slager, Police, race, Shooting, South Carolina, Walter Scott

The 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.

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Criminal Trials 

State Retrial in S.C. Police Shooting Case Set for March

December 30, 2016 DAN MCCUE
Michael Slager, murder, retrial, Walter Scott

Prosecutors 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.

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Criminal Trials 

Mistrial Declared in S.C. Police Officer Murder Trial

December 5, 2016December 6, 2016 DAN MCCUE
Michael Slager, murder, Secondary, Walter Scott

A mistrial has been declared in the trial of a white former South Carolina police officer charged with the murder of an unarmed black motorist.

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Civil Rights Criminal Trials 

Jurors In South Carolina Police Murder Trial Get More Instructions

December 5, 2016July 12, 2017 DAN MCCUE
Michael Slager, murder, Police, race, Shooting, South Carolina, Walter Scott

A 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.

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Civil Rights Criminal 

Prosecution Rests in Trial of South Carolina Officer Charged in Black Motorist’s Murder

November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 ELLEN ROBINSON
Michael Slager, murder, Police, Walter Scott

The 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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