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March 17, 2017

White officer seeking to throw out fatal shooting video

A white former South Carolina police officer wants a judge to throw out the key piece of evidence against him in the 2015 shooting death of an unarmed black motorist: a bystander's cellphone video of the killing that was viewed millions of times.

March 17, 2017

Roommate charged after South Carolina man found in barrel

A South Carolina man has been charged with murder after his roommate's body was found in a barrel behind his home.

March 17, 2017

Officer's lawyers want to limit what prosecutors say to jury

Attorneys are seeking to limit what prosecutors can tell jurors in the federal civil rights trial of a white ex-South Carolina police officer accused of fatally shooting a fleeing, unarmed black motorist.

March 17, 2017

Black motorist shot: Ex-officer facing civil rights charge

A former South Carolina police officer is due in court this week for a discussion of motions filed ahead of his federal civil rights trial.

March 17, 2017

Officer argues he's broke, asks for public defender

The former South Carolina police officer charged with killing an unarmed black man running from a traffic stop has asked a judge to allow a publicly funded lawyer to represent him.

March 17, 2017

New sentencing hearing set for friend of church shooter

A new sentencing hearing has been set for a man who police say failed to warn authorities about his friend's plans to kill black worshippers at a Charleston church.

March 17, 2017

Not sweet: Girl Scout cookie cash stolen from mom, daughter

A mother and her daughter have been robbed as they sold Girl Scout cookies outside a Wal-Mart store in South Carolina.

March 17, 2017

Pre-trial hearing in ex-officer's federal civil rights trial

A former South Carolina police officer facing civil rights charges in the death of an unarmed black motorist will soon be in federal court.

March 17, 2017

Confederate thefts: Vandalism or souvenir seekers?

The caretaker of the ruins of a 260-year old South Carolina church is convinced that the theft of three iron crosses from the graves of Confederate soldiers was an act of vandalism, meant to insult the valor of the men after the shooting of nine black worshippers.

March 17, 2017

Ex-police officer's lawyer question star witness' treatment

Lawyers for a former South Carolina police officer facing a second murder trial in the killing of a man running from a traffic stop want to know if the man who videotaped the shooting was offered anything by prosecutors.