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The Prison Policy Initiative has done an analysis of every state's prison system to determine where each state stands compared to the world. South Carolina's position? Shocking.

While the Slager case is a victory, it is not a solution.

The sentence tells us that this is taken seriously, and maybe some people won't think it's justice, but looked at in the universe of police shootings, with officers so rarely charged, it is significant.

Because of overly-broad and vague wording of the statute, it's impossible for police to enforce it with any kind of consistency and fairness.

Civil rights leaders continued their call for a federal investigation of the North Charleston Police Department.

Attempting to restore trust in law enforcement after the fatal shooting of Walter Scott by a North Charleston police officer, a state Senate panel on Thursday affirmed the right to record police activity in public and called for independent investigations of police shootings.

At about 9:30 a.m., North Charleston police officer Michael Slager, who is white, pulled Scott over near the auto store for allegedly driving with a broken tail light. Within minutes, a routine traffic stop had escalated into a pursuit.

Video shows officer firing on man eight times as he runs away.

The ACLU of South Carolina urges state and federal officials to conduct a thorough investigation into the practices of the North Charleston Police Department following the fatal shooting last weekend of Walter Scott.