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CRI听力:Protestors Rally against Fatal Police Shooting in South Carolina

2015-04-09来源:CRI

Protestors have taken to the streets in South Carolina following the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer.

Officer Michael Slager has been charged with murder after a video surfaced that showed him shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott multiple times in the back.

Saturday's shooting took place after Slager stopped Walter Scott for a broken brake light.

A video shot by a bystander shows Scott and Slager getting into a scuffle after Slager tazed him.

The officer originally claimed this is when he shot the 50-year old, saying he feared for his life.

However, the video clearly shows the officer firing several shots at Scott as he was running away.

Anthony Scott is the older brother of the victim.

"From the beginning when it happened the first day, all we wanted was the truth, and I think through the process we've received the truth. And, we can't get my brother back and my family is in deep mourning for that, but through the process of justice being served, I don't think that all police officers are bad cops, but there are some bad ones out there and I don't want to see anyone get shot down the way my brother got shot down."

The US Department of Justice and the FBI are now investigating.

This is the latest in a string of high-profile police shootings involving black victims and white police officers in the United States over the past year.

The incidents have stirred debate across the US about how police used their weapons, as well as and racial profiling.