12/05/16 Today, Judge Clifton Newman declared a mistrial in the murder case of former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager who fatally shot Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man, during a routine traffic stop. The North Charleston Branch of the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., the ACLU of South Carolina, the … Continue reading Statement of Civil Rights and Clergy Leaders on Mistrial of Fmr. Officer Michael Slager