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Friday, April 10, 2015

Black Man Who Videoed Walter Scott Murder Almost Erased The Tape For Fear Of His Own Life

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(CNN)Feidin Santana, the man who recorded a South Carolina police officer fatally shooting a fleeing, unarmed man, told CNN on Thursday night he was told by another cop to stop using his phone to capture the incident.
"One of the officers told me to stop, but it was because I say to them that what they did was an abuse and I witnessed everything," he told CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360˚."
Santana told Cooper an officer told him to wait where he was but eventually he left the scene to go to work.
In other interviews, Santana has said he feared for his own life, and that almost kept him from revealing the recording.

While walking to his job

Santana recalled the moments when he recorded a roughly three-minute video of North Charleston Police officer Michael Slager shooting Walter Scott as Scott was running away Saturday. That evidence led to the officer's firing and arrest on a murder charge.
    Santana said when he first came on the scene, as he was walking to his job, he saw Slager on top of Scott, who was on the ground. He could hear the sound of a Taser in use.
    At no time did Santana see Scott go after the Taser. He believes Scott was trying to get away.
    "Mr. Scott never tried to fight," Santana told CNN.
    Police said Slager used a Taser against Scott, but Slager would also later tell a dispatcher that Scott at some point had grabbed the Taser.
    After Slager shot Scott five times, the officer went back to pick up something.
    Santana thinks it was the Taser, but said he wasn't 100% sure what it was.
    Neither the struggle nor the use of a Taser was captured on video, because Santana had yet to begin recording.
    What we know about Officer Slager
    The cell phone video, which Santana revealed this week, reignited national outcries surrounding police treatment of African-Americans and led to a murder charge against Slager, who is white. Scott was black.
    Police said Slager pulled the 50-year-old Scott over for a broken taillight on Saturday morning. Scott, according to a dash cam video, fled from Slager for unexplained reasons, and the officer chased him on foot.
    When Santana's video begins, Scott starts running away from the officer, with Scott's back to Slager. The video shows Slager shooting at Scott eight times before Scott falls down.
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    'I thought about staying anonymous'

    Scott's mother, Judy Scott, told Cooper this week that she would want to thank Santana for coming forward.
    "He was there. God planned that. He's the ram in the bush -- I truly believe that," Judy Scott said.
    Santana agreed.
    "I think she was right," he said. "God put me there for a reason."
    Scott said she couldn't watch the whole recording.
    "When I saw my son running and I saw the policeman behind him, I couldn't take it," she said. "I had to turn away. I couldn't handle it.
    In an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, Santana suggested that he was giving media interviews in part to protect himself against retribution.
    "At some point I thought about staying anonymous, and don't show my face, don't talk about it. But ... if I wouldn't show my face, everybody over there knows, including the police, who I am," Santana said.
    Santana did not say whether he had received threats.
    His attorney, Todd Rutherford, said Santana's video would be useful in an investigation not only into the shooting but also into whether Scott received prompt medical attention.
    In the last half of the video, a second officer appears to examine Scott with gloved hands.
    Witness video, official accounts raise questions
    Santana said after he stopped recording, he watched for a few more minutes but never saw anyone perform CPR.
    A police report says a third officer -- not shown in the video -- reported seeing an officer administering first aid, and that the third officer approached and helped that person "with first aid and CPR."
    On Wednesday, asked whether CPR was performed on Scott, North Charleston police Chief Eddie Driggers said: "In the end of it (the video), what I saw was (what I) believed to be a police officer removing the shirt of the individual and performing some type of life-saving (procedure), but I'm not sure what took place there."
    A timeline of events
    CNN's Jason Hanna, Ashley Fantz and Ray Sanchez contributed to this report.

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    'I'm scared': Mother of Feidin Santana, who recorded S.C. police shooting, fears for his safety

    The mother of Feidin Santana said she can't help feeling scared after her son has suddenly become front-page news for recording the deadly shooting of Walter Scott with his smartphone.
    "I am a little bit in shock, a little bit happy," Odette Santana told Fox News Latino. "It's a lot of mixed emotions."
    But she is mostly unsettled, she said, fearing for the safety of her only son.
    "I am scared because all this is new to me, I am worried for his safety," she said, and then after a quick pause added: "Maybe it will pass."
    Santana, 23, became an instant hero Thursday night after coming forward as the shooter of the video that exposed the killing of Walter Scott, 50, by North Charleston police officer Michael Slager.
    Santana, a barber, was walking to work Saturday when he saw a police foot chase and decided to pull out his cell phone when he saw them enter a deserted area. He heard a Taser gun go off and then saw Scott running away from Slager. Santana has said that Scott did not reach out to grab the Taser gun, as the police officer originally stated.
    "When I saw the police report [and saw it was] totally opposite to what I had in the video I contacted the family. Before that I had a lot of doubts over whether to do it or not," he told Spanish-language network Telemundo.
    Santana, who is a Dominican-born, said that after agonizing over what to do with the video, the next morning he decided to show it to the victim's family — on the condition that they didn't reveal its source.
    "I was scared, I am still scared," he told the network.
    A few days later, seeing the huge impact of his actions, he decided to reveal his identity — unleashing a social media frenzy. Within the hour, a Fans of Feidin Santana Facebook page was created and quickly loaded with thousands of likes and words of praise.
    "You are an angel on earth. Me and mom love you !!! Take care and UR in our prayers. God Bless. Thank you for your bravery. !!!" wrote one fan early on.
    Santana himself took to the Facebook page Thursday night to thank the overwhelming support.

    His fans are now working on setting up a GoFundMe account to raise money for Santana, a college dropout: "Who else believes he deserves to be rewarded for his actions and serve as a role model for our youth?" wrote the account administrator.
    Santana is married and has one child, his mother said. He came to the U.S. at age 13 with his parents and lived in New Jersey and New York before settling in Providence, Rhode Island, where his parents still live. Two years ago he moved to South Carolina.

    "He doesn't like the cold," his mother said. "He is happy there."

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