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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 .

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...