Systemic racism, history allows police brutality against Black people
Scott fled the car, and when Slager caught up to him, the two struggled over the officer's Taser. Scott broke free from the skirmish. A bystander's cellphone video captured what happened next – an unarmed Black man running away from an officer as a barrage of bullets were fired into his back. Even that wasn't enough for immediate justice. Slager was tried on a charge of murder in state court in 2016. A mistrial was declared after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision. Slager pleaded guilty to a single federal civil rights charge, which avoided another trial and left his sentenc...
Source: usatoday.com