Rumors & Notes: 4/9/15

WALTER SCOTT

• North Charleston police taking new look at first complaint against officer charged in in Scott shooting (Post & Courier).
• EXCLUSIVE: Michael Slager’s Attorney Dropped Him After Video Emerged (The Daily Beast).
• Video: Walter Scott’s mom: I feel forgiveness in my heart (CNN).
• Video: Scott’s brother: I never believed there was a struggle (CNN).
• Video: Did officers perform CPR on Walter Scott? (CNN).
• Meet the man who shot the iconic video (MSN).
  • Video: Frame-by-frame analysis of the Walter Scott shooting (CNN).
• SLED awaiting approval to release Walter Scott dash cam footage (Charleston City Paper).
• Videos have put South Carolina law enforcement officers in the spotlight before. What did they show? (Post & Courier).
• Video: Would SC officer have been charged without shooting video? (MSNBC).
• North Charleston Shooting: Updates (FITS News).
• Report: Protesters not planning to shut down Ravenel Bridge this afternoon (ABC News 4).
• Charleston NAACP, SC Black Caucus hold pressers on Walter Scott shooting (Live 5 News).
• The Rev. Al Sharpton expected in North Charleston on Sunday (Post & Courier).

TOP STORIES

• Charleston police officer takes own life after barricading self in house (ABC News 4).
• Spartanburg Co. deputies investigating fatal officer-involved shooting (Live 5 News).
• SCE&G on scene of cut gas line along Old Trolley Rd. (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• R. Kitchen Brings Back the School Lunch Schedule (Eater Charleston).
• The Happiest Of Hours (Yelp Charleston).
• James Island Eatery Screen Door Hiring Back of House Staff (Eater Charleston).
• CHS Wine + Food announces staff changes (Charleston City Paper).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• The Spring Jam Music Festival has released their schedule (Spring Jam Music Fest).
• The Maze featuring Frankie Beverly concert originally scheduled for May 1 at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center has been rescheduled for Friday, June 12 (North Charleston Coliseum).
• Registration underway for 2016 Cooper River Bridge Run (Live 5 News).

POLITICS

• In South Carolina, Rand Paul doesn’t mention police shooting (ABC News 4).
• SC cities trying to figure out how to govern Uber (Live 5 News).

MISC

• Furniture chain eyes Mount Pleasant; another furnishings store closing there (Post & Courier).
• International teams test humanoid robots at SPAWAR (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Lockheed opens research and technology center in North Charleston (Charleston Regional Business Journal).

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