A federal judge has upheld the sentence of a former South Carolina police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man in 2015.
Former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of Walter Scott.
In a federal plea deal, Michael Slager has plead guilty, admitting to using excessive in the fatal shooting of Walter Scott.
Pierre Fulton, the passenger seated in the front seat alongside Walter Scott, released a statement, saying, his friend “didn’t deserve to die,”
