Scott had nothing in his hands, when he was running away from Slager and shot by Slager. There was no deadly threat.
Slager had a bad day. He failed to catch Scott and cuff him without using deadly force. He failed to call for backup while further pursuing. Slager’s buddies immediately charged him and appear from their statement to have made a case. Looks like tough politics in that dept.
Utter nonsense, don’t even post if you have no facts whatsoever. Slager can clearly be heard calling for backup at the traffic stop scene, when Scott rabbits. He was not charged by the state (the state, not “his buddies”) until the video came to their attention.
Scott didn’t have to have a weapon to be considered dangerous. Keep in mind that the law says an officer must see the perp as a danger to himself or “others” in order to justifiably shoot him as he flees. The wording is from the 1985 SCOTUS ruling in the Tennessee v. Garner case that narrowed the so-called fleeing felon rule. You can look it up. What it means is that if you have a suspect who has committed a felony — like assaulting a police officer — and is dangerous, you can shoot him as he flees in order to keep him from endangering other people. He doesn’t need a gun or a tazer to enter a home or business and seriously hurt someone.