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Joe Gilliard looks over a fence April 9, 2015, at the spot where Walter Scott was shot and killed by a police officer April 4 in North Charleston, South Carolina. The officer, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/08/us/south-carolina-michael-slager/index.html" target="_blank">Michael Slager</a>, has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/08/us/south-carolina-who-was-walter-scott/index.html" target="_blank"> Scott</a>, an unarmed 50-year-old. Video captured by a bystander showed Slager shooting Scott as he ran away.
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Joe Gilliard looks over a fence April 9, 2015, at the spot where Walter Scott was shot and killed by a police officer April 4 in North Charleston, South Carolina. The officer, Michael Slager, has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Scott, an unarmed 50-year-old. Video captured by a bystander showed Slager shooting Scott as he ran away.
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Chasyn Carter, right, embraces Candice Ancrum during a candlelight vigil outside North Charleston's City Hall on Wednesday, April 8.
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Chasyn Carter, right, embraces Candice Ancrum during a candlelight vigil outside North Charleston's City Hall on Wednesday, April 8.
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Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon holds a candle as he joins the City Hall protest on April 8.
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Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon holds a candle as he joins the City Hall protest on April 8.
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Darrell Mikell, Aaron Moses, Justin Lewis and Quin Dalton stand April 8 near the site where Scott was shot and killed. The person in the background is unidentified.
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Darrell Mikell, Aaron Moses, Justin Lewis and Quin Dalton stand April 8 near the site where Scott was shot and killed. The person in the background is unidentified.
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Protesters interrupt a press conference with North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey on April 8.
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Protesters interrupt a press conference with North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey on April 8.
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People protest Scott's shooting as they rally outside North Charleston's City Hall on April 8.
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People protest Scott's shooting as they rally outside North Charleston's City Hall on April 8.
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Some of those rallying outside North Charleston's City Hall held signs and wore shirts that said "Black lives matter." Scott was black. Slager is white.
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Some of those rallying outside North Charleston's City Hall held signs and wore shirts that said "Black lives matter." Scott was black. Slager is white.
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Scott's cousin Barbara, right, and her mother, Evaliana Smalls, lay flowers at the lot where the shooting took place.
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Scott's cousin Barbara, right, and her mother, Evaliana Smalls, lay flowers at the lot where the shooting took place.
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Michael Slager, a police officer from North Charleston, South Carolina, has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Walter Scott, an unarmed 50-year-old.