Collier County commissioners decide not to terminate contract with Naples Pickleball CenterLawsuit filed by the family of the late deputy Christopher Taylor settled
North Charleston Police Department / MGN/ CNN CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A white former police officer charged in the shooting death of a black motorist is returning to a federal courtroom in South Carolina. A hearing is set for Tuesday in Charleston on the civil rights charges brought against 33-year-old Michael Slager in the April 2015 death of Walter Scott. The 50-year-old Scott was shot fleeing a traffic stop in an incident caught on cellphone video. The shooting reignited the national debate over the treatment of blacks by white police officers. It’s Slager’s first appearance in federal court since his May arraignment. The former North Charleston patrolman is charged with depriving Scott of his civil rights and using a weapon while doing so. Slager also faces a murder charge in state court in a trial beginning in October.