OMG! A White South Carolina cop shot unarmed black man 5x in the back, handcuffed the body and planted weapon at his side- then claimed he feared for HIS life

This is the moment a white police officer shot a fleeing unarmed black man five times in the back then handcuffed his lifeless body after he crumpled on the ground.

Patrolman Michael Slager, 33, opened fire on father-of-four Walter Scott, 50, in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday morning after reportedly stopping him over a broken tail light.

Slager was arrested, jailed and charged with murder yesterday afternoon after the incendiary footage emerged.

 

An outraged representative of Scott's family said: 'This was a cop who felt like he could get away with just shooting anybody that many times in the back.' 

The killing comes at a time of mounting unrest over police use of force - particularly against black men - after violent protests erupted over the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson last summer.  

Slager had previously defended his actions as being in line with procedure, saying he 'felt threatened' by the Coast Guard veteran. 

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