article_snippet.sent: Patrol officer Michael Slager was charged with murder after shooting Walter Scott, 50, after stopping Patrol officer Michael Slager over a broken tail light in North Charleston, South Carolina .
article_snippet.sent: Major Eric Watson of the Charleston County Sheriff's Office said Slager had no access to the internet and was under close scrutiny to deter any threat from angry prisoners over the shooting of Walter,who was gunned down by the officer after being stopped for an apparent faulty tail light on the officer Mercedes.
article_snippet.sent: No date has yet been set for Slager's first court appearance and the man who was in the car when Walter Scott was flagged down by police before being gunned down full trial date could more than a year away .
highlights_snippet.sent: Officer Michael Slager is being held at Charleston County jail accused of murdering Walter Scott, shooting Officer Michael Slager eight times in the back .
  