12/07/17 Today, former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager was sentenced to 20 years in prison for violating the civil rights of Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man who Officer Slager fatally shot during a routine traffic stop. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., issued the following statement: … Continue reading LDF Statement on Sentencing of Former North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager