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1st LD: South Carolina ex-police officer indicted in murdering black man

Xinhua, June 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

A grand jury on Monday indicted a white former police officer on a murder charge for fatally shooting a black man earlier April in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Former officer Michael Slager, 33, had been jailed since earlier April after being charged with murdering the 50-year-old black Walter Scott by shooting at Scott's back eight times while Scott was running away from him. The whole process was filmed by a passer-by on his cell phone.

If convicted of murder, Slager would face between 30 years and life in prison without possibility for parole, said Prosecutor Scarlett Wilson. Endite