Time magazine dedicated its cover this week to the shooting of African-American man Walter Scott by Charleston, South Carolina police officer Michael Slager. The provocative cover, which features cell-phone footage of Slager shooting Scott as he flees below the words “Black Lives Matter,” comes on the heels of several similar incidents in which police have killed unarmed African-American men, including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City. Slager, who had stopped Scott over a broken tail light, said he opened fire after a scuffle over his taser. Video footage later showed he fired eight shots at Scott as he fled. Slager has been charged with murder for the killing…
Time magazine dedicated its cover this week to the shooting of African-American man Walter Scott by Charleston, South Carolina police officer Michael Slager. The provocative cover, which features cell-phone footage of Slager shooting Scott as he flees below the words “Black Lives Matter,” comes on the heels of several similar incidents in which police have killed unarmed African-American men, including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City.
Slager, who had stopped Scott over a broken tail light, said he opened fire after a scuffle over his taser. Video footage later showed he fired eight shots at Scott as he fled.
Slager has been charged with murder for the killing.
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‘Time’ Takes On Walter Scott Shooting With #BlackLivesMatter Cover
