Yesterday, an indictment was filed, accusing Slager of denying the late Walter Scott his rights under the color of law. It was also noted that Slager committed the murder “without legal justification”, and he surrendered his constitutional right “to be free from the use of unreasonable force by a law enforcement officer.”

Other charges being given to Slager include obstruction of justice, and one count of using a weapon during “a felony crime of violence.” If convicted, Slager could face life in prison, in addition to a $250,000 fine. According to the breaking news story featured on The Washington Post, it is a rare occurrence to see federal civil rights charges upheld in court.

The indictment was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Division of South Carolina. Stay tuned for future developments as the Michael Slager trial continues to unfold.

B. Clark

This is a common tactic of white media outlets in cases where Black people are wrongly murdered by police. If these media outlets can coerce family members of deceased Black victims to “forgive” the white people who murdered them, potential jurors will watch these narratives and “forgive” these murderers as well.

For the last few days,media outlets have been showing interviews with the killer cop’s mother in an attempt to gain sympathy for officer Slager. Now a new “viral” video has popped up that is raising suspicion.

A two minute video was suspiciously posted on the Facebook page of  a Columbia S.C tv station ,WIS TV of a young Black male who filmed himself talking after he allegedly got pulled over by a white police officer. In the video which many people suspect of being scripted, the young man explains that the police pulled him over because he was “in the wrong” and he proceeds to give a lessons on how “not all white cops are racist”. He also states that “not all people who get shot by cops are victims..Just because you are Black you are not a victim.”

Because this video is so random and coincidental,many people suspect  that media outlets in the S.C. area may have staged this  “Black driver video” by having the person in the video  regurgitate common talking points used by suspected white supremacists who try to deflect from real racism.

There are those who also  speculate that this could be a tactic to garner sympathy for the white officer who committed the murder of Walter Scott. This video has gone viral and several Facebook users who appear to be white are showering the Black male in the video with accolades and commending him on his “bravery for looking past race”.

Here is the actual video below. So do you think this whole “video confession” was staged ?