A white US police officer has been charged with murder after a video emerged of him shooting an unarmed black man in the back as he tried to run away.
Michael Slager, the officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, shot 50-year-old Walter Scott five times following a scuffle between the two on Saturday morning after he reportedly tried to stop him over a broken light in his car.
News of the arrest came when the video, published by The New York Times, appeared to contradict the version of events given by Slager. The 33-year-old said that he had feared for his life after his stun gun had been taken by Scott.
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