Slager is accused of killing Walter Scott at a traffic stop in 2015. — -- When former police officer Michael Slager, who is accused of murdering an unarmed black man, took the stand in his own ...

A judge ruled at a hearing Friday that cellphone footage of Slager shooting Walter Scott, a fleeing, unarmed black motorist, will be permitted as evidence at his upcoming federal trial. As Reuters ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A judge upheld a 20-year prison sentence on Monday for former police officer Michael Slager in the killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man who ran from a traffic stop in South ...

*All together now, let’s say “bye Felicia!” to former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager. On Thursday, he was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for killing Walter Scott, an unarmed ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former North Charleston patrolman Michael Slager choked back tears Tuesday, testifying in his own defense that he felt “total fear” when the black motorist he was chasing from ...

A federal judge sentenced Mr. Slager for violating Mr. Scott’s civil rights after ruling that Mr. Scott’s shooting death after a traffic stop was an act of murder. By Alan Blinder Cases in South ...

An appeal by former North Charleston Police officer Michael Slager was denied on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. His appeal was denied by Federal Judge Richard Gergel. Slager is ...

(CHARLESTON, S. C.) — Former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager has been sentenced to 19 to 24 years in prison for the deadly shooting of unarmed black man Walter Scott. U.S. District Judge ...

Publicity in Walter Scott's shooting death has been no greater in the Charleston area than other parts of the state, prosecutors said Tuesday in seeking a local jury for an upcoming federal trial.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) -- New documents filed by{}Michael Slager's legal team accuse the State Law Enforcement Division of destroying evidence. SLED agents charged Slager with murder days after the ...