A white former South Carolina police officer
pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the civil rights of Walter Scott,
the unarmed black motorist he shot dead in 2015.
The state of South Carolina, as part of a plea
deal, will not file new charges against Michael Slager, who was fired
after cellphone footage of Scott's killing in North Charleston went
viral. Slager's murder trial ended last December in a hung jury.
"The defendant used deadly force even though
it was objectively unreasonable under the circumstances," the plea
agreement says.
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