U.S. v. SLAGER

No. 18-4036.

912 F.3d 224 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael SLAGER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 8, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Elizabeth Anne Franklin-Best, BLUME, FRANKLIN-BEST & YOUNG, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Elizabeth Parr Hecker, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John M. Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Tovah R. Calderon, Appellate Section, Civil Rights Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wynn wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Diaz joined.


Defendant Michael Slager ("Defendant"), a former officer with the North Charleston Police Department, admitted that he "willfully" shot and killed Walter Scott ("Scott"), when Scott was unarmed and fleeing arrest. Defendant further admitted that his decision to shoot Scott was "objectively unreasonable." Based on those admissions...

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