Calls for calm as South Carolina protesters voice their anger over shooting
- 9 years ago
Civil rights leaders have called for calm following the charging of a South Carolina police officer with murder for shooting a black man in the back as he fled.
Although highly charged with emotion protests have so far not tipped over into the violence shown after the shooting of Michael Brown the unarmed teenager in Ferguson last year.
Protests follow police killing of #WalterScott in South Carolina: http://t.co/s8SSy6dmuq pic.twitter.com/3oQ6EjAc18— VICE News (@vicenews) April 8, 2015
“I am here on behalf of every father in this nation to say I am tired of seeing this weekly, daily, every 23 or 28 hours a young black man is killed by the arm of a police officer, “ said one protester as others chanted “we are human too”.
it’s going to be a long time before we get over this
The family of 50-year-old Walter Scott is trying to come to terms with his death which happened on Saturday in the town of North Charleston.
The victim’s brother Anthony Scott was asked how they were
Although highly charged with emotion protests have so far not tipped over into the violence shown after the shooting of Michael Brown the unarmed teenager in Ferguson last year.
Protests follow police killing of #WalterScott in South Carolina: http://t.co/s8SSy6dmuq pic.twitter.com/3oQ6EjAc18— VICE News (@vicenews) April 8, 2015
“I am here on behalf of every father in this nation to say I am tired of seeing this weekly, daily, every 23 or 28 hours a young black man is killed by the arm of a police officer, “ said one protester as others chanted “we are human too”.
it’s going to be a long time before we get over this
The family of 50-year-old Walter Scott is trying to come to terms with his death which happened on Saturday in the town of North Charleston.
The victim’s brother Anthony Scott was asked how they were