Your “picked the fight” stuff is silly.
It's plainly evident that Walter Scott's entire intent was to leave the area.
Anyone ignoring that BLATANT intention is TUI*
Slager has a history of picking fights with peasants:
Video captured 2014 Taser shooting involving S.C. officer Michael Slager
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3279396/posts
*TUI - Thinking Under The Influence of the intoxicating smell of Boot Leather.
What's gratifying is that Slager is going to prison for this, finally.