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Their rights. and we have never seen a case quite like this. >> so you're saying there was longstanding grievances in the community about police practices? >> yaeb there have. and i'm not saying those are fair or unfair but there have been questions over the years. and what officer slagert was give ammunition for those comments. >> one suspect said that officer slagert tased him. >> that is really about the only thing we know about his police record and he was exonerated in that case apparently responding to a robbery call, and tased the victim of the burglary from what

Slagert firing at a fleeing walter scott, ultimately shooting and killing him. subsequently a series of movements. looking like he handcuffs a dead body, and going to retrieve a taser that was down far away. bring it back and toss it near the deceased man walter scott. he has been arrested and charged michael slagert with murder. you get a sense of the act that he was giving to the lawyer the press, and others.

>> thank you for joining us tonight. i want to just reset for folks that might be joining us. a tape has emerged published by the "new york times" where an officer, michael slagert in south carolina, after a traffic stop of the man, walter scott, for a broken taillight on his mercedes benz apparently got out of the car, there was an interaction between the two, and a video released showing officer slagert firing at a fleeing walter scott, ultimately shooting and killing him. subsequently a series of movements. looking like he handcuffs a dead body, and going to retrieve a taser that was down f...