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I'm sure Fox News "legal analyst" Mark Fuhrman will be reviewing his resume:
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http://www.mediaite.com/online/officer-michael-slager-fired-after-video-emerges-of-him-shooting-walter-scott/
Officials in South Carolina confirmed that Michael Slager, the police officer filmed shooting a seemingly unarmed black man multiple times as he fled, has officially been fired by the North Charleston Police Department.
A graphic video released yesterday depicts Slager shooting Walter Scott, a 50-year-old black man, eight times in the back after he pulled Scott over for a traffic violation. Slager has been charged with murder after initially claiming that Scott had attacked him and attempted to grab his Taser. (The video depicts Slager dropping something, possibly the Taser, next to Scotts body.)
I have watched the video, and I was sickened by what I saw, police chief Eddie Driggers said in a press conference today, according to The Guardian. According to him, Slagers contract has been terminated, though he and his family will remain on the citys health insurance until his wife, eight months pregnant, gives birth.
In addition, North Charlestons mayor, Keith Summey, announced that the city has received a grant to equip equip its police with 101 body cameras, and plans to purchase 150 more cameras and train officers.
Romeo.lima333
(1,127 posts)i wonder if his wife knew what kind of monster she married
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Practically without any emotion at all.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)If Fox News is still around in 2070, they can have him.
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)He should sit on Death Row in isolation till the day he dies.
Does SC have a death row?
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)stage left
(2,962 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)all these killer kkkops.
Kudos to the chief for firing this murderous asshole immediately.