VIDEO: White Police Caught on Camera as he Shots a Black Unarm Man 8 times till he Died

VIDEO: White Police Caught on Camera as he Shots a Black Unarm Man 8 times till he Died

Policemen, Michael Slager, 33, opened fire on Walter Scott, 50, a Coast Guard veteran in South Carolina, on Saturday morning after reportedly stopping him over a busted tail light.

The Officer was arrested, jailed and charged with murder Tuesday afternoon after 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.'

Slager has claimed that Scott ran from the stop, at which point he tried to Taser him. The officer claims that Scott managed to wrest the weapon away - prompting him to draw his pistol.

Footage of the the deadly encounter, acquired by the Charleston Post and Courier, begins as Scott is fleeing.

He gets a few yards away before Scott opens fire - seven shots in quick succession, then an eighth. Scott fell face-down on a patch of grass. Slager then walked over and shouted at him to put his hands behind his back, then handcuffed him. He claimed he fired the shots because he felt threaten

Under South Carolina law, Slager could be eligible for the death penalty if convicted of murder.
A lawyer for the family today said that the footage shows Slager 'casually' taking Scott's life, and acting as if there would be no repercussions.
Attorney L. Chris Stewart said:
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 'This was a cop who felt like he could get away with just shooting anybody that many times in the back... He just casually shot a man that many times in the back.'
'At the moment he turned and ran and was not a threat to anybody else that officer was completely unjustified.'What happened today doesn't happen all the time - what if there was no video?'What if there was no witness - or hero - to come forward?The initial reports stated something totally different - the officer said Mr Scott attacked him and tried to use his Taser on him. But somebody was watching.'

Scott's brother, Anthony, spoke after his brother's death. He said Walter had a fiancée, two siblings and four children

Footage then seems to show Slager jogging back to the point where the Taser fell to the ground, bringing it over to Scott's body and dropping it next to him.
As soon as paramedics arrived, they pronounced Scott dead at the scene.
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Within hours of the footage emerging authorities files the murder charges and arrested Slager.

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