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Walter Scott
20 years
A bystander’s video. A federal guilty plea. Twenty years in prison.
What happened
During a traffic-stop encounter in North Charleston, officer Michael Slager shot and killed Walter Scott. A bystander’s video of the shooting became the defining evidence in the case.
The criminal case
Slager pleaded guilty in May 2017 to a federal charge of deprivation of rights under color of law. At sentencing on December 7, 2017, the judge found the crime amounted to second-degree murder and imposed 20 years in federal prison.
The outcome
Slager is serving a 20-year federal sentence. Separately, in October 2015, the city settled with Walter Scott’s family for $6.5 million.
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