南卡大陪審團起訴打死黑人的警官大綱

A South Carolina grand jury has indicted a white former police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man fleeing after a traffic stop.

美國南卡羅來納州的一個大陪審團對開槍打死黑人的一名白人警察提出起訴。被打死的黑人開車被警察攔下檢查時企圖逃離現場, 他當時並沒有攜帶武器。

Michael Slager was fired and accused of murder in the April 4 killing of 50-year-old Walter Scott. Slager pulled Scott over for driving with a broken brake light.

白人警察邁克爾·斯拉格爾今年4月開槍打死50歲的沃爾特·斯科特之後被解僱並被控謀殺。斯拉格爾因爲斯科特駕駛的車輛剎車燈故障而命令他停車。

A video, taken by a bystander with a cellphone camera, showed Scott running away as Slager pulls his gun and fires eight shots. Slager initially said he opened fire after Scott had taken his electronic stun gun during a scuffle.

一個旁觀者用手機拍攝的視屏顯示，斯科特企圖逃離現場，警察斯拉格爾向他連開8槍。斯拉格爾最初說，他和斯科特發生扭打，斯科特搶走了他的電棍。

Slager faces between 30 years and life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.

如果罪名成立，斯拉格爾有可能被判處30年徒刑，甚至是無期徒刑，不得假釋。

The South Carolina incident is one of the latest in a series of fatal encounters in the United States between unarmed black males and white police.

美國最近發生多起未攜帶武裝黑人死於白人警察之手的事件，南卡的槍擊案是其中之一。

The incidents led to large protests across the nation over aggressive police tactics in minority communities.

這些事件引發了全美各地的大規模抗議示威。人們抗議警察在少數族裔社區過度使用警力的做法。

The U.S. Justice Department has launched investigations into possible civil rights violations by police in a number of the cases.

美國司法部已對一些案件展開調查，看警察是否侵犯了公民權利。