11-17-2016, 12:10 AM
OP Update: Michael Slager Trial for the Murder of Walter Scott
GRAPHIC Video of the April 2015 shooting:
Slager has pleaded not guilty to murder with malice aforethought.
The Prosecution has just rested its case-in-chief. The Prosecutor showed the jury the dashcam video of the traffic stop (broken tail light), the above witness cellphone video, and an animated video with an estimation of what happened in between.
The Prosecutor contends that after a brief struggle, Slager unlawfully unloaded his service weapon into the body of Scott when there was clearly no threat to the officer's life. Slager then planted the taser (object seen in above video) next to Scott's dead body in order to stage a scene supporting his false claim that he shot Scott, at close-range, when Scott tried to assault him with the taser. Slager was fired immediately after the shooting.
In its Opening Statement to the Charleston jury, comprised of 6 white women + 5 white men + 1 black man, the Defense Attorney stated that Slager didn't know that Scott was unarmed and it all happened so quickly that Slager shot in self-defense after a physical altercation with Scott which caused him to fear for his life. The Defense begins its case-in-chief tomorrow.
If convicted, Slager faces up to 30 years in prison. Slager also faces Federal charges for violating Walter Scott's civil rights, obstruction of justice, and unlawful use of a firearm.
Ref:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/walter-scott...ate-rests/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio.../93789594/
GRAPHIC Video of the April 2015 shooting:
Slager has pleaded not guilty to murder with malice aforethought.
The Prosecution has just rested its case-in-chief. The Prosecutor showed the jury the dashcam video of the traffic stop (broken tail light), the above witness cellphone video, and an animated video with an estimation of what happened in between.
The Prosecutor contends that after a brief struggle, Slager unlawfully unloaded his service weapon into the body of Scott when there was clearly no threat to the officer's life. Slager then planted the taser (object seen in above video) next to Scott's dead body in order to stage a scene supporting his false claim that he shot Scott, at close-range, when Scott tried to assault him with the taser. Slager was fired immediately after the shooting.
In its Opening Statement to the Charleston jury, comprised of 6 white women + 5 white men + 1 black man, the Defense Attorney stated that Slager didn't know that Scott was unarmed and it all happened so quickly that Slager shot in self-defense after a physical altercation with Scott which caused him to fear for his life. The Defense begins its case-in-chief tomorrow.
If convicted, Slager faces up to 30 years in prison. Slager also faces Federal charges for violating Walter Scott's civil rights, obstruction of justice, and unlawful use of a firearm.
Ref:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/walter-scott...ate-rests/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio.../93789594/