An unarmed black man fatally shot by a white former patrolman in South Carolina in April had used cocaine and had alcohol in his system when the police officer said he wrested control of his stun gun and pointed it at him. That’s according to court documents filed on Tuesday, in the case of the death of Walter Scott. Michael Slager was fired from his patrolman job in North Charleston after being charged with murder in the April 4th death of Scott. Scott was 50 years old. Video of the shooting captured by a bystander on his cellphone was widely distributed. The death reignited a public outcry over police treatment of blacks and other minorities.
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