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Death of Walter Scott

The flag-draped casket of Walter Scott sits in a hearse following his funeral in Summerville, South Carolina on April 11, 2015.

The flag-draped casket of Walter Scott sits in a hearse following his funeral in Summerville, South Carolina on April 11, 2015.

  (Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images)

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A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed Walter Scott, who is black, in self-defense was quickly charged with murder after a bystander’s video recorded him firing eight shots at Scott’s back as he ran away.

Walter Scott

Barbara Scott holds up a picture of her cousin Walter Scott on her cell phone in North Charleston, South Carolina.   (Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images)

Shooting memorial

Barbara Scott, right, cousin of Walter Scott, lays flowers with her mother, Evaliana Smalls, at the lot where Walter Scott was fatally shot in North Charleston, S.C.

  (Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images)

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