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Impact segment tonight. another terrible police shooting in america. south carolina this time. viewer warning there is some disturbing video coming up. 33-year-old north charleston police officer michael slager being held without bail tonight charged with murdering a fleeing subject on saturday. man 50-year-old walter scott had been broken for a broken taillight. apparently he panicked because he had some child support issues. he had been arrested 10 times prior. mr. scott ran from officer slage...

That mr. scott ran. it also tells us that maybe he didnt have appropriate papers in the car. but none of that is a justification for what in fact happened. so this may not be a piece of evidence that has a large bearing or a lot of weight. >> i also want to hear the enhanced microphone the recording from this dashboard camera. i think that would make a difference if you could enhance the audio, if we could hear it better what happened from the time we see him running and then pick up from where ...

South carolina, wasted no time firing police officer michael slager after he was charged with murdering an unarmed black man. slagers termination comes as new information is now revealed about what happened before the camera started rolling. the man who recorded the video tells nbc news that there was a struggle between officer slager and the victim, walter scott. both of them on the ground, then once slager had control of the situation, scott ran to get away from the taser. well keep you posted...

Correspondent joy reid and eugene odonald, professor of law and police study at john yaijay college of -- thank you both for being here. >> we now know the ending of the event, but between this initial pullover and the fatal shooting that appears to be a piece thats unaccounted for at this point. >> eugene who should the officer have done after he ran, after scott ran? >> well you know it has all the appearance of an ordinary traffic spot. it doesnt seem tore a heightened alert, so therefore no ...

Murder. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: the shooting occurred on saturday morning, after slager pulled the 50-year-old scott over for a traffic violation. scotts mercedes had a broken taillight according to police reports. scott ran from the scene. slager pursued on foot. slager said he fired his weapon after scott took his taser. >> 220, shots fired, subject is down. he grabbed my taser. >> shots fired. he grabbed your taser, subject is down. >> reporter: its unclear from this video which man was actu...

>> [ inaudible ] >> what you heard there is officer slager shouting taser, taser, as taser, as police officers do just before they deploy their taser. we should point out his records here at the north charleston police department said that he was very pro-fish shelton at using that stun gun. we dont know why mr. scott ran from the car, though we are told by his brother he did not want to be in police cust toded to todody because he is dellinquent on child support payments. you saw the moment whe...

Officials in north charleston, south carolina, wasting now time firing officer slager after he was charged with shooting an unarmed black man. the whole thing was caught on camera. take a look. well that firing comes as new information is revealed about what would before that camera started rolling. the man who recorded the video tells another news agency there was a struggle. both of them were on the ground. once slager had control of the situation, scott ran to get away from the taser. guilt...

Morning when he was pulled over for having a broken tail light. the video itself is almost five minutes long. what we have done is we have compressed it down, giving you the highlights here. you will hear the interago between the police officer and mr. scott and scott takes off of his car. you do not hear the fatal shots that were fired. lets roll the videotape.

Gets into full swing. authorities are crediting this cell phone video for the swift charge of michael slager with the murder of walter scott, an african-american man believed to have been unarmed at the time. >> i can tell you that as a result of that video, and the bad decision made by our officer, he will be charged with murder. >> reporter: the shooting occurred on saturday morning after slager pulled the 50-year-old scott over for a traffic violation. scotts mercedes had a broken taillight a...

>> the police report says officers performed cpr, but in the video, there are no attempts to resuscitate mr. scott, who remains handcuffed and face down for several minutes. the police department and federal authorities both responded quickly to the incident which comes after several high-profile controversial shootings involving white police officers and african american civilians. the u.s. justice department is already involved saying the fbi will investigate along with the state law enforceme...