Hillary Clinton comments on Walter Scott shooting.

Former US Senator , Secretary of State, and prospective presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted the following in response to the shooting death of Walter Scott.

Praying for #WalterScott's family. Heartbreaking & too familiar. We can do better - rebuild trust, reform justice system, respect all lives.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 9, 2015

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott post responses to Walter Scott shooting

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott tweeted several messages about the horrific shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston. See his messages below.

After watching the video, the senseless shooting and taking of #WalterScott's life was absolutely unnecessary and avoidable. (1/2)

— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) April 8, 2015

My heart aches for the family and our North Charleston community. I will be watching this case closely. (2/2)

— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) April 8, 2015

The horrific video that came to light yesterday is deeply troubling. #WalterScott (1/6)

— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) April 8, 2015

It is clear the killing of #WalterScott was unnecessary&avoidable; my prayers are with the Scott family as they go through this ordeal (2/6)

— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) April 8, 2015

The swift action taken by SLED&relevant authorities upon receiving the video shows the severity of this terrible event. #WalterScott (3/6)

— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) April 8, 2015

With several protests planned today, I join community leaders in North Charleston in calling for peace. #WalterScott (4/6)

— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) April 8, 2015

I understand the hurt, the frustration and the anger many are feeling today. But violence solves nothing. #WalterScott (5/6)

— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) April 8, 2015

We must come together as a community, state, and nation in working to bring our communities together and rebuild trust. #WalterScott (6/6)

— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) April 8, 2015

ANOTHER white South Carolina police officer arrested for killing an unarmed black man.

I'm sure by now that you have all seen the tragic shooting death of Walter Scott by the hands of a South Carolina police officer. That officer, was charged with murder. Just one day later another South Carolina officer from North Augusta has been arrested and charged in the murder of another unarmed black man, Ernest Satterwhite who was parked in his own driveway. George Cook AfricanAmericanReports.com

A white public safety officer in South Carolina who fatally shot a black man after a 2014 car chase has been arrested on a felony charge, the state’s Law Enforcement Division announced Tuesday.

Justin Gregory Craven, a 25-year-old North Augusta public safety officer, was charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle in the February 2014 death of Ernest Satterwhite. If convicted, Craven could go to prison for up to 10 years and face a fine of $1,000.

According to investigators, after Craven attempted to make a traffic stop for a suspected DUI, Satterwhite, 68, led the officer on a car chase from North Augusta to Satterwhite’s home, miles away in Edgefield County. There, investigators say, Craven fired repeatedly through the driver-side door of Satterwhite’s car after Satterwhite had stopped in his driveway.

Read more: White officer now faces felony charge for fatally shooting a black man in his driveway

Two African Americans win council seats in Ferguson

Residents in Ferguson, Mo. Tuesday elected two black city council members, transforming the political body's racial composition after months of protests over racial profiling and police brutality.

One sitting black member of the council was not up for re-election. When the two new African-American council members take their seats it will be the first time that blacks have controlled half of the council, despite the fact that two-thirds of the city's 21,000 residents are black.

Tuesday voters elected Wesley Bell and Ella Jones, who are both black.

Read more: Ferguson voters make history and increase turnout

South Carolina cop charged with murder after gunning down unarmed black man.

A white police officer in North Charleston, S.C., was charged with murder on Tuesday after a video surfaced showing him shooting and killing an apparently unarmed black man, Walter L. Scott in the back while he ran away.

The officer, Michael T. Slager, 33, had said he feared for his life because the man took his stun gun in a scuffle after a traffic stop on Saturday. A video, however, shows the officer firing eight times as the man fled. . If you watch the video closely you can also see the officer pick something up off the ground and drop it near Mr. Scott's body after the shooting. Planting evidence? Maybe. Watch the shocking video below: