Family not happy officer out on bond in motorist's death
Source: Associated Press
Family not happy officer out on bond in motorist's death
Bruce Smith, Associated Press
Updated 7:42 am, Tuesday, January 5, 2016
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Former North Charleston Police officer Michael Slager talks with his attorney Andy Savage before a hearing in front of Judge Clifton Newman in Charleston, S.C., Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. The state judge approved bail Monday for a former South Carolina police officer charged with killing an unarmed black motorist. (Brad Nettles/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)
Photo: Brad Nettles, AP
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A former South Carolina policeman charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist will remain under house arrest until his trial begins in the fall.
The release of Michael Slager on bond Monday was a disappointment to the family of the victim, Walter Scott, said Justin Bamberg, the attorney for the family.
"The family is not happy about Mr. Slager getting bond," Bamberg said shortly after Circuit Judge Clifton Newman said Slager could be released on $500,000 surety bond.
Until he was released Monday evening, Slager had been in solitary confinement at the Charleston County Detention Center since the incident last April.
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