An unarmed black man was fatally shot eight times in the back by a white police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina. The officer, Michael T. Slager, has been charged with murder after a video of the incident surfaced. The video shows the officer firing at the victim, Walter L. Scott as he fled. North Charleston is the state’s third-largest city with blacks accounting for 46 percent of the residents and whites accounting for 37 percent. The police department in North Charleston is 80 percent white.

SOURCE: NY Times