Judge upholds ex-police officer Michael Slager’s 20-year sentence for killing Walter Scott

Judge upholds ex-police officer Michael Slager’s 20-year sentence for killing Walter Scott

A judge upheld a 20-year prison sentence on Monday for former police officer Michael Slager in the killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man who ran from a traffic stop in South Carolina, rejecting Slager’s claims his lawyer did a poor job.