Michael Slager
Demonstrators Protest Against Recent Sacramento Police Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man
After Alton Sterling, Convicting Cops Just Got Tougher

After news that there will be no charges against the cops who killed Alton Sterling and Kareem Ali Nadir Jones,…
by NewsOne Staff
03.27.18
Hearing Held For Charleston Police Officer Who Shot And Killed Walter Scott
Michael Slager Sentenced For Murdering Walter Scott

Sentencing begins on Monday for former North Charleston officer Michael Slager who gunned an unarmed Black man, Water Scott.
by Nigel Roberts
12.07.17
Hearing Held For Charleston Police Officer Who Shot And Killed Walter Scott
Ex-Cop Pleads Guilty In Walter Scott Case

Former cop Michael T. Slager pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the civil rights of unarmed motorist Walter Scott, who he…
by Clarissa Hamlin
05.02.17
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Ex-Cop In Walter Scott Killing Faces March Retrial

A judge has scheduled the retrial for ex-Charleston cop Michael Slager in the shooting death of Walter Scott for March…
by Clarissa Hamlin
12.30.16
Jurors Listening
Here Is Why Cops Are Rarely Convicted On…

Mainly White-dominated juries have decided police-involved shootings since August 2014. Whites tend to give law enforcement the benefit of any…
by Nigel Roberts
12.19.16
Former North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager Murder Trial Continues
Judge Declares Mistrial In Michael Slager Trial

Scott's shooting marked a defining moment in furthering the national discussion of deadly force used by law enforcement against Black…
by Charise Frazier
04.05.18
Former North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager Murder Trial Continues
Jury In Michael Slager Trial Ordered To Keep…

The federal judge presiding over the Michael Slager trial ordered the jury to keep working after jurors said they could…
by Charise Frazier
04.05.18
Former North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager Murder Trial Continues
Walter Scott Cop Testifies At Murder Trial

Michael Slager testified in his own defense on Tuesday, getting grilled by prosecutors in the high-profile murder trial in the death…
by Angela Bronner Helm
11.29.16
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