Slager was accused of killing Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, in 2015. — -- Former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for the deadly ...

In a plea deal with prosecutors, former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager admitted to using excessive force in the 2015 shooting death of Walter Scott. Slager shot Scott in the back as ...

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 Carolina ...

Attorneys for ex-North Charleston Officer Michael Slager said he shot 50-year-old Walter Scott in self-defense after the two fought and Scott reached for Slager's stun gun.

A federal judge ruled Thursday that Michael Slager, the former South Carolina police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man, committed second-degree murder. He was sentenced to 20 years in ...

Michael T. Slager entered his plea in federal court in Charleston, S.C., more than two years after he fatally shot Walter Scott five times as Scott ran away after being pulled over for a broken ...

Officer Michael Slager’s five-year career with the North Charleston Police Department in South Carolina ended after he resorted to deadly force following a routine traffic stop. Slager, 33, has ...

Michael Slager is doing 20 years after pleading guilty to a civil rights charge in 2017. He shot Scott after a traffic stop. The case became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement .

Michael Slager, a former South Carolina police officer, was indicted on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man earlier this year Former S.C. cop indicted in Walter Scott ...

Slager was denied bond in South Carolina today. Former police officer Michael Slager walks to the defense table bond hearing, in Charleston, S.C. on Sept. 10, 2015. Randall Hill/Reuters &#151 ...