april 4th 2015 50-year-old walter scott father four pull officer michael slager north charleston south carolina cop reportedly stop break brake light officer lie say scott attack take taser bystander record incident cell phone horrify dismay country video clearly show unarm scott run away officer instead pursue scott officer fire eight shots kill scott.the city agree pay scott family 6.5 million grand jury hand murder indictment officer michael slager settlements indictments police officer shoot people extremely rare walter scott one many black victims past years kill white police officer police departments across country fail assume accountability constant occurrences freddie gray eric garner tamir rice tanisha anderson john crawford iii michael brown jr list go on.people color increasingly risk wrong place wrong time come excessive force use many police departments instead hold officer departments accountable victims often subject attack criticisms disregard outrage unrest civil disobedience cities like ferguson missouri baltimore maryland acknowledge pain trauma inflict communities police departments police ways render unarm people shoot death officer currently bail 500,000 await trial late year travesty give nature crime bail grant non-violent criminals receive strict bail bond slager also try sue southern state police benevolent association help defense.hopefully murder conviction man future.featured image via flickr today one-year anniversary walter scott murder cop video