Former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager facing additional federal charges in murder of Walter Scott
COSTELLO: All right, some breaking news to tell you about right now. South Carolina police officer, Michael Slager has been indicted on federal civil rights charges. He's the officer accused of gunning down Walter Scott during a traffic stop last year in South Carolina. Let's get right to CNN's Martin Savidge, he has more on this. Hello, Martin.</s>MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Carol. Yes, the former North Charleston police officer is already in custody and he's been held on state charges of murder. But now these are federal charges to come down. And I should stress to you, this is extremely rare, that law enforcement officers are charged federally. But that is the case here because it is considered so horrific, how Walter Scott died. So the first charge is essentially deprivation of rights. That's to say that as a law enforcement officer, the use of extreme force was clear here. Five shots in the back as Walter Scott ran away. Another charge, federally, is the use of a gun during the commission of a crime. And lastly then, the third, obstruction of justice. This goes to Michael Slager. He told investigators, allegedly, that Walter Scott was attacking him with the police officer's taser. That's why Slager says he had to fire on him. But the video that came to light showed a very different story. It was Walter Scott who was running away. He was shot five times in the back. This all was back in April of last year. It happened after a traffic stop. The officer pulled over Walter Scott because he had a broken taillight. And now a federal case on top of the state. Carol?</s>COSTELLO: All right, Martin Savidge reporting live for us this morning. Still to come in the Newsroom, Doctor Sanjay Gupta will join us to talk about tonight's CNN town hall special on America's addiction to painkillers.