we begin this morning in north charleston south carolina. we're awaiting the release of a key piece of evidence the dash cam video capturing the encounter of walter scott and michael slager. the city is taking swift action firing officer slager and vowing that every cop on the street will soon be equipped with a body camera. martin savidge is following the latest developments for us from north charleston. good morning, martin. >> reporter: good morning, carol. by now we're all foom with that horrific video that was taken by the bystanders that shows the shooting that triggered all of this event. what many people are not aware of you've already alluded to a lot of other videos out there, not a lot, but a number. it's police video of the dash cams. it will be very interesting to see what they show and tell because as of yet they have not yet been released. >> no justice. >> no peace. >> reporter: days after the release of this shocking video north charleston now feeling the fallout. >> black lives matter. >> reporter: demonstrators gathered in

charleston being a major city in america and a larger city than north charleston. we saw the same thing with ferguson on the outskirts of st. louis. so we see this under representation that seems to be present again in this police department. but i have to say, across the board, while it is an issue, the use of force and the inappropriate use of force is the issue, is the paramount issue no matter what the color of the officers who may be carrying out that excessive use of force. >> we are getting more information coming in. stay with us. we will take a quick break, resume our special coverage right after this. well, a mortgage shouldn't be a problem your credit is in pretty good shape. >>pretty good? i know i have a 798 fico score thanks to the tools and help on experian.com. kaboom... well, i just have a few other questions. >>chuck, the only other question you need to ask is, "what else can you do for me?" i'll just take a water... get your credit swagger on. become a member of experian credit tracker and find out your fico score powered by experian. fico scores

it is now live in north charleston. >> reporter: good afternoon, ran del. we have heard from the mayor and police chief from the very beginning, yesterday, saying that despite the initial investigation moving quickly, but the officer being arrested and charged with murder. they are going to commit to a thorough investigation. >> we ask that you have your questions. be patient. we have ten minutes worth of time for questions for both mayor sunny as well as chief eddie triggers. and there will be numerous people that will be joining us here in the room as well. without any further adu i'll introduce the mayor and chief triggers. >> good afternoon, thank you ladies and gentlemen, for joining us for this press conference. i will tell you that the chief and i along with my wife, visited the family this morning. a wonderful down-to-earth family, a wonderful group of people. we let them know how we feel about their loss, how bad it was, and we do not condone wrong. it doesn't matter who it is. we're interest to support them, if we can in the future. the officer th

it happened saturday morning in north charleston. police reports show a north charleston police officer stopped a mercedes sedan which you saw just there. the sedan reportedly had a brake light that was not working. the driver of that car was 50-year-old walter scott, you see him on the

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lot in north charleston. mr. scott was shot multiple times and died of his injuries. the officer's attorney yesterday told the local paper that the officer had used his taser on mr. scott during this encounter but that it had not subdued him. the officer's attorney sudden walter scott tried to overpower the officer and take his taser a away from him and he felt threatened and followed all proper procedures before firing his gun eight times at walter scott. that was the news as of yesterday in south carolina. okay, the attorney for the police officer in that fatal shooting defending his client. things changed late today when we got another side of the story. turns out there was a cell phone video taken by a bystander of what happened on saturday morning. the attorney for the family of walter scott got a copy of that video and then gave it to "the new york times." they published it late today and this very difficult video i am not going to play this over and over again, it shows a man being killed. i am going t

picking up important coverage from north charleston south carolina. that story continues to develop. thank you so much for being with us. we'll see you tomorrow. >> happy birthday. >>> and good morning from north charleston south carolina. i'm craig melvin if for jose diaz-balart. we start "the rundown" with latest developments the shooting's of aen armed black man by a police officer and could be getting another very important piece of this story. police today say they may be releasing the dashcam video from the incident from the officer's own car. meanwhile, north charleston's mayor has announced that every single police officer in the city of roughly 100,000 will be wearing body cameras. and officer michael slager charged with the murder of walter scott, has now been officially fired, and now also has a new lawyer. the shocking images of a man running away from police being shot in the back also rekindling the national debate about excessive force by police. in just a minute we'll show you my exclusive interview with feidin santana, the video seen

charleston police department, but we don't have video every single time it happened. >> north charleston police released the video yesterday. in a news conference disrupted by protesters, mayor keith summe says slager has been terminated. but the chief was pressed on other matters. >> i have watched the video and i was sickened by what i saw. i was told that life-saving that they tried to save his life. >> reporter: under mounting pressure by several lawmakers the chief says the department has secured funding to purchase 100 body cameras. >> we have already ordered an additional 150 body cameras so every officer on the street in uniform will have a body camera. >> but organizers of the group black lives matter, say they want more. >> we need a department of justice review, we need an overhaul of north charleston police department. we need mayor keith summe out. everybody who is a native that lives in north charleston knows this. >> tuesday night in his initial appearance before a judge slager was denied bond. prosecutors have not said whether they will seek the death penalty in the case.

and north charleston city councilwoman dorothy williams. thanks to both of you, i'm sorry this the occasion of our interview, it is the matter at hand. let me ask you both starting with you, ms. williams have you ever seen anything like what was captured on that young man's video? >> in movies. never thought i would see a reality of it. but you know only on television. >> up until now, mr. kimsen these are the stories that we hear from the aggrieved, that people dismiss because we don't have the proof. and it's so different than what the officer described. what did that mean to you? >> well first of all, let me say what we saw flashed across the television screens across the world, was a very despicable act that i personally believe is not representative of the officers in large part in south carolina. the video was very very disturbing. and that is why i have filed a bill to require all law enforcement officers to wear wear body cameras. >> are you getting any resistance at all? or is that expected to fly through the legislature in light o

we have more from nbc's gabe gutierrez in north charleston. gabe good morning. >> reporter: jose good morning. city leaders here are stunned. the fbi is now investigating whether there were any civil rights violations. peaceful protesters are gathering behind me at city hall at this hour. we should warn you, this video is disturbing. this morning, the outrage over this video is growing, a white police officer drawing his gun as a black suspect runs away his back turned. the officer fires eight shots. the suspect, walter scott, is killed. >> 223, shots fired, subject is down. he grabbed my taser. >> a chilling video shows the officer handcuffing scott who is face down on the ground. he reportedly said he feared for his life after scott allegedly grabbed his taser. but on tuesday as the video surfaced the officer was charged with murder. >> when you're wrong, you're wrong, and if you make a bad decision, don't care if you're behind the shield or just a citizen on the street you have to live by that decision. >> reporter: police say the confronta

scott in north charleston south carolina. one thing is clear, law enforcement in america appears to to have a problem. and partly because of these incidents but primarily because most cops are white. only 11.9% of the nation's police officers are african american. >> your typical police officer in the united states is a white male from a lower middle class background who is likely not college-educated. >> and critics charge that many cops do not reflect the communities they serve. in ferguson, missouri, 94% of its police force is white while 67% of the population of ferguson is black. and in north charleston, 80% of that city's police department is white but 47% of its residents are african american. bringing more african americans into law enforcement is a problem even the head of the fbi, james comey acknowledges. >> it is imperative for the communities we serve, big challenge for the fbi, fbi is overwhelmingly white and male among my agent force. >> reporter: only 4.5% of the agent's special forces are black, some analysts

smaller city about 100,000 people living in north charleston. but it does have a history of a lot of violence, a dangerous place. but things, i take it, have gotten better. thanks, senator, for joining us. marlon kimpson, from charlotte. appreciate it very much. >>> just ahead, what role did race play if any, in the fatal police shooting in south carolina? what will it take for the community and the country to move forward? bernice king the daughter of dr. martin luther king jr., there she is, she's standing by live. we'll discuss with her when we come back. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medic

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>> the north charleston police department. >> have you gotten it back? >> i have. >> are there still photos on it? >> yes, there is. and the tape. >> when they took your phone, why did the officers say they were taking your phone? >> because i took the pictures. >> did they say you didn't have a write to take pictures? >> that's what they told me. >> that's a striking claim, joy. i mean what's your take on that? >> yeah absolutely. so anthony scott and rodney scott arrived separately to the crime scene on the day that their middle brother was shot. both of them described not being treated with compassion by the north charleston police. they described essentially being told to get back behind the tape, they were not given information. when anthony scott you heard speaking identified himself as a brother and began taking pictures from behind the police tape, he says that his phone was taken from him. he was only able to retrieve it later. and the family has been very clear, rev, yes, you can praise the department for ultimately before this video came out b

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officer slager was also dismissed from the north charleston police force after this video was presented to authorities, which appears to show officer slager shooting mr. scott as he runs away. the south carolina law enforcement division as well as the fbi are conducting ongoing investigations. the dash cam video shows what happens in those first minutes after officer slager pulled mr. scott over. it shows the final moments before the shooting. [ radio playing ] >> of course, we know what happened next, after the two men disappeared from the dash cam video, because it was caught on video by a bystander. officer slager fired eight shots, five struck mr. scott, according to the coroner's report. the man who recorded that video, without which there might not be a true accounting of what happened that day met with the parents of michael scott today, for the first time since he turned over his video to the family. joining me now, msnbc natural correspondent, joy reid. joy, i know you've been down there today and you've been talking to the family. one thing that struck me about this is that th

someplace else. >> we're joined now by chris hayes in north charleston. justin bamberg and gino donald. chris hayes, the situation there tonight is striking when we compare it to the last incident like this that got such heavy coverage in ferguson, missouri. it seems there's complete calm there in that city, and it seems as though the way the police have handled this situation since the video emerged is part of why it's so calm there. >> yeah, that's right. there was a rally at the steps of the city hall just a few minutes ago, still folks down there, but maybe about 20, 25 fairly subdued. you do not see the just sheer outrage and frustration that you saw in ferguson. i think there's two reasons for that. one is that the officer in question is charged with murder. he was denied bail. he's behind bars. he's going to face a jury, if he doesn't plea, and the justice system is going to prosecute him like he committed a criminal act. that is what justice in the micro sense looks like. had that been the case in ferguson, it would be a very different story. this

north charleston's officials answered questions from angry citizens on wednesday. they announced that officer michael slager was fired from the police force, and that all officers will soon be outfitted with body cameras. the investigation has been moving quickly since that video surfaced, and it's raising some critical questions about how the shooting was first reported. brian todd has the latest, and his report contains some graphic video. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: authorities are crediting this cell phone video for the shift charge of former north charleston police officer michael slager with the murder of michael scott. >> i can tell you that, as a result of that video, and the bad decision made by our officer, he will be charged with murder. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: the shooting occurred on saturday morning, after slager pulled the 50-year-old scott over for a traffic violation. scott's mercedes had a broken taillight according to police reports. scott ran from the scene. slager pursued on foot. slager said he fired his weapon after scott took his taser. >> 220

the first outside of north charleston city hall. the first after the unarmed american man fleeing from an officer. 50-year-old walter scott being remembered. more now from pablo sandovol. >> reporter: it was a weekend full of tributes for walter scott's family. they gathered to lay their loved one to rest. a memorial service for mr. scott and vigil at the location of the shooting itself. sunday we also got to hear from the mayor of north charleston. he maintains he is still appalled after seeing the vitdeo. >> in a 2.7 second time destroyed the lives of two families. >> reporter: the mayor went on to say he is waiting for the report that will be put out by state police. you recall that local authorities here in north charleston happenednded over the investigation to s.l.e.d. the south carolina law enforcement division. as for michael slager he remains isolated behind bars. also his case could end up in front of a grand jury as early as next month. john and christine. >>> the white house is defending the framework nuclear deal reache

north charleston police did act swiftly tuesday. >> he will be charged with murder. >> reporter: tonight they're under fire for something critics say is missing in the video. although the police report says they administered cpr, there's no evidence of that in the video that's nearly four minutes long. >> not every officer is cpr certified. >> reporter: scott did have an outstanding warrant for unpaid child support, but his mother says that's no reason for him to die. >> he has been raised in the church from day one. he sang on the choir. he played the drums. he would call his mom every single day. >> there's two families that are in a bad way right now. our prayers and thoughts go with both of the families. >> reporter: we're learning much more about the accused police officer, who had plenty in common with the man he's accused of murdering. much like scott, michael slager was in the coast guard. he has a wife who's eight months pregnant and lives with two stepchildren. his work record shows two complaints in five years, including another incident with a taser. the only serious charge o

we are live now in north charleston, south carolina. as we mentioned, police body cams are coming new to this body presumably make the force more accountable when it comes to the next deadly force incident. there's technology to make officers make the right decision, the split second decision, a life or death decision especially when they only have sometimes less than a second to make the right choice. more on that now from kyung lah. >> you need to calm down. >> reporter: a man questioned suddenly turns slamming a police officer with a snow shovel. suspect a shot and killed by police. >> i'll just have you put your hands back on your head. >> reporter: this suspect, at first calm with police officers -- rushes for a knife in his car and tries to stab the officers. who shoot and kill him. >> i didn't see the knife. >> reporter: then there's this encounter. an officer responding to a domestic violence call in a seemingly routine chat for several minutes with this man tries to pat him down for a weapon. you can see the gun, five shots str

that's one of the key questions in the deadly police shooting in north charleston south carolina. the witness says he never saw the victim grab the officer's stun gun. >> before the video, i saw that he was trying to get away of the taser. and his reaction was just you know to get away of the taser. >> was there a struggle over the taser that you saw? were they fighting over it? >> no, he never grabbed the taser of the police. >> dash cam video from police patrol cars may also provide answers about what happened. state police say they'll release the footage once they finish reviewing it. in the future every patrol officer in the city will have body cameras similar to these. the mayor says the city is purchasing 150 cameras in addition to the 100 already on order. south carolina state police say they're reviewing videos from patrol cars of officers who responded to the deadly shooting. that could be key in determines what happened before the officer michael slager shot and killed walter scott. let's go to christina, thanks very much for joining us. what are you hearing about when t

let's go back to the first question regarding the mood here in north charleston. this is a city of about 100,000. it is outside charleston proper. don't let the proximity fool you, the cities could not be more different in a lot of ways demographically. you look at the median income as well and look at the law enforcement agencies as well. i mean the crime rate in north charleston particularly is considerably higher than what you would get in charleston there has been a strained relationship in the city over the past few years, so much so the state senator who represents this area introduced legislation in the general assembly last session calling for body cameras. and part of the argument was folks in north charleston are telling me officers there need to be wearing body cameras. the response from law enforcement to that was essentially, you know what you're right, we should be wearing body cameras at that point a handful of officers had them. we heard from the mayor here yesterday who said that essentially by executive order all of the officers in north charlest

folks behind me here today says he now has family in north charleston as well. also today the family announced they plan to file a civil lawsuit against the north charleston police department. lester? >> what a remarkable moment. thank you. >>> tonight, we continue to monitor a major outbreak of severe weather. 95 million americans in the threat zone this evening and into tomorrow, stretching from the great lakes down to texas. at least one tornado reported already today as several states get pummeled by hail and winds up to 70 miles an hour. nbc's national correspondent migel almaguer is in east st. louis, illinois, where they're bracing. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. with warm temperatures, whipping winds, ominous skies, the concern tonight is going to be tornadoes. as mentioned it appears one may have already touched down. the next 12 to 24 hours could be a wild ride. tonight, this is what millions of americans in at least five states are bracing for. baseball-sized hail, smashing out windows. >> it sounded like fireworks, like gran

meantime the mayor of north charleston is taking steps to make sure nothing like this happens again. we turn to karen travers live in washington, d.c. >> reporter: good afternoon sara there are many questions on what exactly happened in north charleston on saturday was there really a struggle over the stun gun and what does officer dozen after walter scott fell to the ground and there is a dash-cam video that may shed light on this encounter. michael slager sits in a jail cell charged with the death of walter scott. >> i am praying for peace and piece for the community and the family. slager's wife is 8 months pregnant his former bosses say despite his dismissal they will continue to provide health insurance until the baby is born. the north charleston police department is looking into slager's past police work and was cleared on the one serious charge of excessive force. the traffic stop started because of a broken taillight. >> shots fired! >> he has my taser. >> until that video came to light, the north charleston police said he opened fire because he felt threatened and scott gra

north charleston police department for many many years. it just so happens we have a video. >> reporter: demonstrators gathered in front of city hall demanding the mayor resign and more officers be arrested as the investigation into the police shooting death of walter scott intensifies. >> everybody will know the truth. >> reporter: scott's family said they foresaw the video sunday horrified but what had showed but grateful for the truth they say it reveals, especially in light of other deaths of african-americans at the hands of police. >> i would like cops to be accountable and let them know that if they try this again, somebody may be watching. so maybe think twice before they fire their weapons. >> reporter: the family continues to ask the public for calm and in a gesture of sympathy and solidarity north charleston's mayor and police chief paid a visit to the home of scott's parents to offer condolences and city support. >> black lives matter. black lives matter. >> reporter: but elsewhere in the community, demonstrators took to the st

charleston is now feeling the fallout. >> this has been a reality that has been in north charleston police department for many, many years. it just so happens we have a video. >> reporter: demonstrators gathered demanding the mayor resign and more officers be arrested, as the investigation into the shooting death of walter scott intensifies. >> everybody will know the truth. >> reporter: scott's family said they first saw the video sunday, horrified by what it showed but grateful to the truth they say it reveals, especially in light of the deaths of other african-americans at the hands of the police. >> i would like for cops to be accountable and let them know that they try this again, somebody may be watching, so they need to think twice before they fire their weapons. >> reporter: the family continues to ask the public for calm and in a gesture of sympathy and solidarity, north charleston's mayor and police chief paid a visit to the home of scott's parents to offer condolences and city support. >> black lives matter. black lives matter. >> reporter: but elsewhere, demonstrators to

certainly you have seen this video out of north charleston. give us your reaction to that. >> i was sickened. i actually saw the video this morning. i had first read the accounts and that was heartbreaking enough. then to actually see it you know because it was, like i said, it was sickening. >> was there anything about it that expressed that into some of the frustration you had already seen in your own community? >> i don't want to condemn all officers for the actions of a few. what i saw on that video, that appeared to just be murder. you know if there's aggravating circumstances, obviously the law takes those into consideration, particularly with the use -- with the use of force, but what i saw on the video, that was not justified by any stretch of the imagination. >> yeah. and maybe you don't compare ferguson and south carolina as being apples to apples in this. i want to talk to you about last night's election. ferguson has really been plagued by some poor turnout in the past but you had double the usual voter turnout last night. what doe

they have had allegations of having poor racial relations in north charleston. a lot of police departments that operate in for nominally black neighborhoods and especially lower-income neighborhoods, but this idea for a lot of cops, especially racist, sadistic cops, that black people are subhuman, that they can talk to you any kind of way, that they can disrespect you at a traffic stop, and is in fact a traffic stop is going to be a situation where your life is in danger by someone who was supposed be protecting you, and when you go back and look at the numbers black people are not assaulting police officers. in the last time i think it is five years four police officer's have been killed, but there is no epidemic of violence against police officers in this country, so we have to look at how policing is ian conducted across the board. this idea that police have the right to shoot to kill for charges that if they are brought to trial would result in a misdemeanor charge -- no one should receive the death penalty for a misdemeanor. nermeen: let's turn to north cha

the first outside north charleston city hall. the protests are a response to the fatal shooting caught on video of a man fleeing a police officer. the police officer, michael slager, now in jail facing murder charges. more now from pablo sandovol. >> reporter: john and christine, a weekend of tributes for the family of walter scott. it started saturday morning as they gather to lay their loved one to rest. on sunday separate tributes. a memorial service for mr. scott and vigil at the location of the shooting itself. sunday we also got to hear from the mayor of north charleston for the first time following the shooting. he maintains he is appalled over the images. >> in a 2.7 second time destroyed the life of two families. >> reporter: the mayor also went on to say he is waiting for the report that will be put out by state police. you will recall local authorities here in north charleston handed the investigation over to s.l.e.d. the south carolina law enforcement division they wanted to make sure the investigation will be fair an

trymaine lee joins me from north charleston charleston. what more do we know about the dash cam video? >> it could come as early as today or more likely tomorrow when state officials plan on releasing it. but what we don't know is what exactly it captures. now, we know that it doesn't capture the actual moment of the shooting in which officer slager shoots and killed walter scott. but it could reveal a little more about the actual traffic stop that kind of precipitated the killing. it might shed light on who was in the vehicle with walter scott, what happened after that sparked the actual foot chase that led from about 150 yards from where the stop happened to where the ultimate killing happened. and so we know it's coming soon. today or tomorrow. everyone's hoping that it may shed more light on this kind of -- this horrific incident. >> all right, trymaine thank you so much. trymaine lee from south carolina. we're monitoring this news conference from mario gibbons. he's a young man at the center of a 2013 complaint that was filed against

wound in north charleston. everybody seems to be on the same page against this murderer this cop. >> yeah well the problem with ferguson among many was that the, there was a void of information. >> right. >> the police weren't talking. the mayor wasn't talking. no one was talking, and so -- but when the cops did talk they put out selective pieces of information that only enraged the community. >> oh, my lord. all the wrong things to do. >> in the absence of any kind of leadership from the mayor, from the city council, from any local leadership folks got angry. meanwhile, here in north charleston, the beautiful thing is, the mayor was out there immediately. the police chief was out there immediately. not just talking but taking action. >> and mika remember how we gasped when the mayor of ferguson came out and spoke? >> oh my god. i'll never forget that. >> maybe a month or two later saying they didn't have a racial problem in ferguson? >> what was he on? certainly wasn't in ferguson. >> willie this is actually a

. >> cnn is in north charleston, sk is sk south carolina. what can you tell us about the man in the car with walter scott? there was a passenger. >> reporter: that's one of the major revelations. the fact scott was not the only person in the video. the police reports and version from the scott family now confirming that second individual was in fact in the vehicle that was part of the traffic stop. they did stop short of saying exactly who that person was. they did add that individual was not a member of the scott family. really that's part of the new developments a that have really surfaced today in this next day of the investigation. the main question is exactly why did scott actually run away from the police officer and exactly who was the second person in the vehicle? >> are we getting any sense of the mood there of the community, how they're feeling polo? >> reporter: that's something we noticed yesterday just moments after the mayor here in new orleans charleston gave the latest information and also announced most of the officers were

and so i credit the folks with north charleston and police force. i would credit charlotte wilson, who is the local solicitor who brought forth the charges of murder. i think that's something that when people see a video like that, they expect, and i think appropriately believe in, again, if action is not taken, they're going to do something which i think has a lot to do with ferguson and other places around this country. i think you've seen a different response here. i give local folks a lot of credit on that front. >> the federal government has provided funding for local departments to purchase body cameras. there is some body camera legislation introduced in the state here. obviously you're not a state legislator, but it is your community that you represent. >> right. >> there's a lot of people looking at this and saying, wouldn't it be good to have video of all this all the time. what do you think about that? >> i think that's going to be a larger debate. i think it ultimately should be decided at a local level based on a municipality's need. so

do you think that your constituents believe the city of north charleston, the police of north charleston have done a good job since the video came out? >> well once again, thanks to that video, now we have the world audience. i think we're dealing with a cultural impact here. a deeply rooted in our history where we don't, in south carolina especially the law enforcement and our citizens is what we call a work in progress. because there is a distrust there by virtue of our history. especially during the civil rights movement. up to the present. so it's a work in progress. if i would have to stand here and tell you before this young man lost his life yes, we were working with law enforcement. grassroots organizations here. rainbow push. the national action network. al sharpton. the rainbow push coalition with jesse jackson. they have ground crew here doing a tremendous job as to enhance the relationship between our law enforcement and our community. it's a work in progress. the mistrust is still there. and we do have a problem in this country. this is not a local problem. this is a nationa

galo: el vÍdeo fue grabado en la ciudad de north charlestÓn en carolina del sur. la vÍctima, walter scott muere en la escena, se trata de un hombre de 50 aÑos. investigaciones indican que recibiÓ tres disparos en la espalda, uno en el oÍdo y otro en la nalga. el policÍa ha sido identificado como michael thomas, Él dijo que detuvo al conductor porquÉ y que tuvo miedo porque tenÍa una pistola elÉctrica. en una parte en el vÍdeo se ve que el policÍa agarra del piso algo que aparenta ser una pistola elÉctrica, sin embargo reportes seÑalan que existe la posibilidad de que el propio oficial haya arrojado antes el objeto al piso. cuando te equivocas, te equivocas, dijo el alcalde del north charlestÓn y ahora el policÍa tendrÁ que enfrentar las consecuencias de sus actos en corte. el incidente ocurriÓ el sÁbado pasado en una ciudad donde el 47 de los habitantes son afroamericanos y el 80% de los policÍas son blancos. nosotros queremos que la familia sepa que nuestros corazones estÁn con ellos, seÑalÓ el alcalde. el hermano de la vÍctima dijo hace po

former north charleston police patrolman first class michael t. slager is in jail this afternoon, fired by the police force and arrested and charged with murder. it's a charge that came only after the release of this graphic video, showing the 33-year-old police officer shooting a fleeing resident eight times. the victim walter scott, died at the scene. while the full context of the shooting has yet to be determined the damning video has put the officer under a spotlight. >> everyone is so happy that this police officer is in jail charged with murder is not given a bond and they are very content because it happened and no one tried to cover up for this police officer. >> reporter: slager was a five-year veteran of the north charleston police force. according to this application from 2009 he sought a full-time position after completing six years in the u.s. coast guard, writing he quote, enforced federal laws and treaties and provided security in port canaveral, florida. it was a military affiliation that he had in common with the victim of the sho

in the meantime, the north charleston police department is taking swift action. they have fired officer michael slager as he faces these murder charges. and they're making some further changes to the department on top of that as well. slager was not wearing a body camera when he shot 50-year-old walter scott. now the mayor has said the city is also ordering an additional 150 body cameras to outfit every one of their officers. the man who captured the video, feidin santana is now speaking out. he turned on his phone. here's his explanation of what he saw before he started recording the video. >> what made you pick up your phone and start shooting on saturday? >> well, when i saw the scene, i was walking to my job. i was walking to my job and i see mr. scott, rest in peace, and i saw police after him, chase him. i was on a phone call and i decide to go over there and see what was going on. >> was there a struggle? >> there was. they were down on the floor. they were down on the floor before -- before the -- i started recording. they were down on the floor. i rememb

the latest from north charleston. nuclear roadblocks - iran's supreme leader says there'll be no nuclear deal until all economic sanctions are lifted. >>> president obama visiting jamaica, a strategic mood to move jamaicans closer to the u.s. - and further from venezuela. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >>> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i hope pinks. -- randall pinkston. activists are calling for change in south carolina a day after city officials fired a white officer accused of murdering a black man. a few moments ago members of the n.c.a.a. p hope that it will change a culture of violence. newly released audio revealed key moments moments after michael slager shot walter scott. will >>> al jazeera's jonathan martin was at the n.a.a.c.p. news conference in north charleston. >> this is the first time the naac naach branch of north charleston spoke as a group. they were quick to prays place as to a speedy investigation, they spoke about what happened in the community and several others who died in the communi

in north charleston it's one. that could be a problem. maybe if there were two officers here this may not have happened today. >> there are protests going on right now at city hall. people are angry. yet this officer has been charged with murder. some people wonder what more do you want? >> he has been carol. if you examine it you have to look at the law and match it to what the officer was doing. there are three things that need to be evaluated here. the first thing you're going to look at is the immediacy of the threat. was there imminent danger to the officer such that he might have been justified in drawing that weapon much less using the weapon. second thing you turn to is the proportionality of the threat to the force that was used. did he act in a way that was grossly disproportionate to any danger or threat posed to him. the third thing you look at is the reasonableness of the conduct. i think that's what ultimately a jury will be looking at. to the credit of this community, there was an arrest here. there was a charge here. and t