Charleston, SC (WLTX) - A former South Carolina police officer will spend 20 years in prison for shooting and killing an unarmed man in North Charleston, a case that drew international attention and ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A white former North Charleston police officer was indicted on a murder charge Monday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man who was running away from the officer ...

Publicity in Walter Scott's shooting death has been no greater in the Charleston area than other parts of the state, prosecutors said Tuesday in seeking a local jury for an upcoming federal trial.

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC -- A white former North Charleston police officer was indicted on a murder charge Monday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man who was running away from the officer after ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Defense lawyers for a white ex-patrolman from South Carolina charged in the death of a black motorist are trying to show that the state bungled the investigation. Michael ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD/AP) — The former South Carolina police officer charged with killing an unarmed black man running from a traffic stop has asked a judge to allow a publicly funded lawyer to ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Members of the family of Walter Scott and community leaders are pushing back against the potential early release of former North Charleston Police Department officer Michael ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Lawyers for a white former South Carolina police officer charged with killing an unarmed black man running away from a traffic stop are seeking dismissal of his federal charges.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – (CBS) The judge in the case of a former South Carolina police officer who shot a fleeing black man has declared a mistrial. Michael Slager, who is white, is charged in the death of ...

Michael Slager, the South Carolina cop seen on cellphone video fatally shooting Walter Scott as he was running away in April, was granted bond Monday after a judge expressed concerns that it was ...