South Carolina shooting: Officer charged and fired; protesters demand justice
The officer charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man in South Carolina has been fired as anger continues to build around his case.
A video shows Officer Michael Slager, who is white, shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott eight times as Scott has his back to him and is running away. It appears that Scott was unarmed.
Timeline of events
The FBI is investigating, and once again, a shooting involving police has sparked national outrage.
"I have watched the video, and I was sickened by what I saw," North Charleston police Chief EddieDriggers told reporters Wednesday.
The mayor spoke at the same news conference that was repeatedly interrupted by protesters, who chanted: "No justice! No peace!" They called for Mayor Keith Summey to step down.
Summey told reporters that the city has ordered an additional 150 body cameras "so every officer on the street" in the city will have one. That is in addition to 101 body cameras already ordered, he said.
Just before the conference was set to begin, demonstrators walked in. They were led by a man wearing a "Black Lives Matter" T-shirt who shouted, "This is what democracy looks like!"
The officer charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man in South Carolina has been fired as anger continues to build around his case.
A video shows Officer Michael Slager, who is white, shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott eight times as Scott has his back to him and is running away. It appears that Scott was unarmed.
Timeline of events
The FBI is investigating, and once again, a shooting involving police has sparked national outrage.
"I have watched the video, and I was sickened by what I saw," North Charleston police Chief EddieDriggers told reporters Wednesday.
The mayor spoke at the same news conference that was repeatedly interrupted by protesters, who chanted: "No justice! No peace!" They called for Mayor Keith Summey to step down.
Summey told reporters that the city has ordered an additional 150 body cameras "so every officer on the street" in the city will have one. That is in addition to 101 body cameras already ordered, he said.
Just before the conference was set to begin, demonstrators walked in. They were led by a man wearing a "Black Lives Matter" T-shirt who shouted, "This is what democracy looks like!"
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