Former S.C. police officer pleads guilty in fatal shooting caught on video.

[Cattledog]

The former South Carolina police officer caught on video opening fire at a black man who was running away pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal civil rights charge, authorities said.

Michael Slager, who worked for the North Charleston Police Department, had faced both federal civil rights and state murder charges in the April 2015 shooting of Walter Scott, a 50-year-old unarmed motorist who fled after a traffic stop. Slager pleaded guilty to a single federal civil rights charge — which his lawyer described as “using excessive force” — as part of a deal to resolve both cases.

“We hope that Michael’s acceptance of responsibility will help the Scott family as they continue to grieve their loss,” Andrew J. Savage III, Slager’s attorney, said in a statement.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/former-sc-police-officer-to-plead-guilty-in-fatal-shooting-caught-on-video/2017/05/02/9a235afe-2f35-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.c800cbcf2283

[Runningdawg]

1. Who really thinks

this POS will spend even one day behind bars?

[malaise]

2. I remember that well

Was coldblooded murder and then he planted the gun