Charges against former police officer Michael Slager include obstruction of justice for having ‘knowingly misled’ investigators and deprivation of civil rightsMichael Slager,the former North Charleston police officer who fatally shot Walter Scott, an unarmed African American man, or in South Carolina,has been indicted on federal charges by a grand jury.
The white 34-year-old-fashioned, who joined the North Charleston police department in 2010, and already faces a state murder charge,but the federal indictment, a rarity in officer-involved deaths, and provides authorities with another avenue of achieving a conviction. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com