12-02-2016, 02:11 PM
Michael Slager Trial -- Update
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – Deliberations in the Michael Slager murder trial in South Carolina have entered a third day as jurors weigh the fate of a fired policeman charged in the shooting death of unarmed motorist Walter Scott.
Circuit Judge Clifton Newman told the jurors Friday morning that the court could not tell them how the heat of passion may differ from fear. The jury asked the question late Thursday but the judge said that's an issue jurors must decide.
Slager claims he feared for his life when he shot 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back 5 times from 18 feet away as Scott fled a traffic stop.
Slager was caught on witness cell video placing his taser near Scott's body to support a false narrative that he shot Scott up-close when Scott grabbed the officer's taser and attacked him with it.
Slager took the stand in his own defense. I think he pretty much had to -- his false narrative to police was busted out a soon as the witness cell video went public. He needed to humanize himself and try to gain juror empathy, in my opinion.
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Deliberations in the Michael Slager murder trial in South Carolina have entered a third day as jurors weigh the fate of a fired policeman charged in the shooting death of unarmed motorist Walter Scott.
Circuit Judge Clifton Newman told the jurors Friday morning that the court could not tell them how the heat of passion may differ from fear. The jury asked the question late Thursday but the judge said that's an issue jurors must decide.
Slager claims he feared for his life when he shot 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back 5 times from 18 feet away as Scott fled a traffic stop.
Slager was caught on witness cell video placing his taser near Scott's body to support a false narrative that he shot Scott up-close when Scott grabbed the officer's taser and attacked him with it.
Slager took the stand in his own defense. I think he pretty much had to -- his false narrative to police was busted out a soon as the witness cell video went public. He needed to humanize himself and try to gain juror empathy, in my opinion.