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Talked to and the man who shot the video himself who we interviewed earlier today, that if it weren't for the video, this would have been an officer involved shooting and police said i fear for my life there are no witnesses, and people who work with him trust that officer. which is actually understandable. >> right. >> do you feel that way? >> i hope that's not the case. and we'll never know. but what we do know is since that video has come out, action has been swift. so i credit the forks in north charleston and police force. i would credit charlotte wilson, who is the local solicitor who br...

He then jogs back to where the altercation began. he picks up an object off the ground and drops the object here at scott's feet. unbeknownst to officer slagger, there was a witness filming the entire episode from this side of the fence. he captured the last horrific moments of walter scott's life. >> joining me is trymaine. i've been talking to the people since i got here today, talking about the context in which this happened. we saw a little bit from the young man who shot the video. this is not ferguson. there are real key differences. but there are also some key similarities. obviously we...

But i wanted them to have this, and do something about it. because i know if i wouldn't give it to them, nothing would happen. >> the bystander video shot by santana, you just saw there. it did make it into the public view and changed everything about this case before the tape, the only public narrative about this case was the police officer's game he was fearing for his life in defending himself. today, after the tape was made public, north charleston patrolman michael slagger was arraigned on a murder charge. he spoke to a judge from jail. officer slagger has been fired from the north charle...

We operate just like a city and that takes a lot of energy. we use natural gas throughout the airport - for heating the entire terminal generating electricity on-site and fueling hundreds of vehicles. we're very focused on reducing our environmental impact. and natural gas is a big part of that commitment. yesterday this video of a police officer shooting and killing apparently an unarmed man running away from him at the time, yesterday it was made available to the family of the man who was killed in that video. after the tape became public, the police officer who fired the shots was charged...

>> reporter: on saturday morning, around 9:30 in the area of craig roads, michael slagger pulled over michael scott. apparently there was a busted taillight on the car he was driving. a foot chase ensued. again, just a few hundred yards away, continued down this path here. mostly grassy area. a few yards behind a pawnshop and shopping center. this is where it all ends for walter scott. the chase ends in a confrontation in which officer slagger shoots scott with a taser. scott takes off running. officer slagger raised his pistol and fired eight shots. scott is fatally wounded. as scott lay dyin...