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Ex-Cop To Plead Guilty In Walter Scott Shooting

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A white former South Carolina police officer will plead guilty to violating the civil rights of Walter Scott, who's the unarmed black motorist he shot dead in 2015. Meanwhile, the state of South Carolina will not file new charges against former cop Michael Slager, who was fired after cellphone footage of Scott's killing went viral. Slager's murder trial ended last December in a hung jury.T he defense in Slager's first trial claimed the former patrolman feared for his life and fired at Scott in self-defense, even though the man was running away.

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