RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES(Reuters) — A Raleigh, North Carolina, police officer on Monday (February 29) killed a man who was fleeing arrest, authorities said, and a local TV station reported that protesters chanting “black lives matter” gathered at the scene. Raleigh police did not give the race of either the officer or the dead man. However, a black woman who identified herself as the victim’s mother told local television the officer was white and […]
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Police officer in fatal S. Carolina shooting out on bail
A white police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man after a South Carolina traffic stop was released from jail on $500,000 bail on Monday (January 4). Michael Slager, a North Charleston police officer who was fired after the incident, was jailed since his April arrest in the death of Walter Scott, 50. The fatal shooting was caught on video by a bystander and intensified a national debate on […]





