Ex-South Carolina cop gets 20 years in prison for black motorist's death
Criminal Justice,Police Brutality,Justice
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The white former policeman caught on video shooting an unarmed black man in the back after a 2015 traffic stop in South Carolina was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison, with a federal judge ruling that the killing amounted to murder.
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