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US Ex-Officer Pleads Guilty In Killing of Black Man

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A white former police officer whose killing of an unarmed black man running from a traffic stop was captured on video has pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges that could send him to prison for 20 years. The plea from Michael Slager, 35, came five months after a jury deadlocked on state murder charges … Read more

S. Carolina Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Guilty of Rights Charge

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A South Carolina policeman who was filmed shooting an unarmed black man in the back after a traffic stop pleaded guilty Tuesday to a civil rights violation charge, which could bring up to life in prison. The Justice Department said that former North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer Michael Slager, 35, agreed to the single … Read more