Father of S.C. man slain by police: 'My heart was broken'

Father of S.C. man slain by police: 'My heart was broken'
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The South Carolina police officer who shot to death an unarmed black man "looked like he was trying to kill a deer running through the woods," the victim's father said Wednesday in an interview with NBC.

"When I saw it, I fell to my feet and my heart was broken," Walter Scott Sr. said of a video of the incident that surfaced one day prior.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.