World & Nation
Walter Lamar Scott, a black man shot in the back by a white police patrolman, was borne to his grave Saturday inside a flag-draped coffin escorted by motorcycle police from that same officer’s North Charleston Police Department.
April 11, 2015
North Charleston has reached a $6.5-million settlement with the family of an unarmed black man shot to death this year by a white city police officer.
Oct. 8, 2015
Opinion
The decision by authorities to charge North Charleston, S.C., police Officer Michael T.
April 8, 2015
In a dramatic turn of events, a former South Carolina police officer who spent two years fighting charges in a high-profile shooting of an unarmed black man pleaded guilty Tuesday in his federal case.
May 2, 2017
The jury in the murder trial of Michael Slager, a white former North Charleston police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man, Walter Scott, informed a judge Friday it was unable to reach a unanimous decision.
Dec. 2, 2016
By now, the video has been seen by millions.
April 13, 2015
A white former South Carolina police officer facing a state murder charge in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott will remain free on bail after his indictment on federal charges that include depriving the victim of his civil rights.
May 11, 2016
Michael Slager, the white former South Carolina police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in the back as he fled a traffic stop, was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison.
Dec. 7, 2017
California
Authorities in Northern California said Deanna Esmaeel, a Del Norte County sheriff’s deputy and mother of ‘The Sandlot’ actor Marty York, was found dead in her home Thursday.
Oct. 14, 2023
The murder trial of a white former North Charleston, S.C., police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in the back as he fled a traffic stop ended in a mistrial Monday after a deadlocked jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
Dec. 5, 2016