UPDATE: Killer Cop Sentenced To 19 Years
Michael Slager was sentenced to nineteen years in prison. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the ...
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THERE HAS BEEN A SURPRISING RULING IN THE CASE OF MICHAEL SLATER, THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT AND KILLED WALTER SCOTT AS HE WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM. HE ALSO LIED IN THE POLICE REPORT ABOUT HOW THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. LATER IT WAS VERY CLEAR HE LIED. VIDEO SHOWED THAT. THERE WAS A HUNG JURY IN THE CASE. JURORS COULD NOT COME UP WITH THE RULING AND COULD NOT AGREE ON WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS GUILTY. SLAGER DID PLEAD GUILTY TO VIOLATING WALTER SCOTT'S CIVIL RIGHTS. PART OF THAT PLEA AGREEMENT INDICATED THAT THE JUDGE COULD TAKE A LOOK INTO THE CHARGES INVOLVING MANSLAUGHTER AND MURDER. HERE'S WHAT RECENTLY HAPPENED. THE FINAL RULING WAS A 20 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE. AGAIN THE VIDEO THAT WENT VIRAL SHOWED SCOTT WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM AND THERE WAS NO REASON FO...
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THERE HAS BEEN A SURPRISING RULING IN THE CASE OF MICHAEL SLATER, THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT AND KILLED WALTER SCOTT AS HE WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM. HE ALSO LIED IN THE POLICE REPORT ABOUT HOW THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. LATER IT WAS VERY CLEAR HE LIED. VIDEO SHOWED THAT. THERE WAS A HUNG JURY IN THE CASE. JURORS COULD NOT COME UP WITH THE RULING AND COULD NOT AGREE ON WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS GUILTY. SLAGER DID PLEAD GUILTY TO VIOLATING WALTER SCOTT'S CIVIL RIGHTS. PART OF THAT PLEA AGREEMENT INDICATED THAT THE JUDGE COULD TAKE A LOOK INTO THE CHARGES INVOLVING MANSLAUGHTER AND MURDER. HERE'S WHAT RECENTLY HAPPENED. THE FINAL RULING WAS A 20 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE. AGAIN THE VIDEO THAT WENT VIRAL SHOWED SCOTT WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM AND THERE WAS NO REASON FO...
