The Raw Story: Walter Scott might still be alive if police had taken another black man’s claims about cop seriously

The South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a black man had at least one prior complaint for excessive force. Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager initially told investigators that Walter Scott attempted to take his Taser following a traffic stop, but video recorded by...

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This article by originally appeared on socialismonline.net on April 09, 2015 at 03:43PM