judy scott, scott's mother. >> i pray that this never happens to another person. this has got to stop. >> reporter: and slager's mother karen sharp. >> i want her to know that this is also hard for me. and i would never, ever want there -- i would never have wanted this to happen to their family, her. >> reporter: speaking out for the first time she tells my colleague, steve osunsami she can't bring herself to watch the video that shows her son killing an unarmed black man. >> i've purposely not watched it. i've purposely not tried to hear people's comments about it. i don't -- i -- i just can't watch it. i can't read the papers. i just can't. maybe to some people that's oh you're being in denial. but i'm sorry, i just can't. >> reporter: she says slager is not a racist, he's a loving son, a father to be. >> i want everybody to know he's a very good person. he's not a -- he's not a hater. he's a very good person. he's a -- he's a sweet, sweet kid. he's my kid. he's my child. >> reporter: a sharp contrast to the man seen in this cell phone clip, firing eight rounds

it should be noted that his mother, judy scott, says that she forgives the man who killed her son.emarkable grace she articulated that on live television no less, just days from the death of her son and having said she could not even watch the entire video. walter scott's funeral will be held this saturday. i want to move onto another big story. guilty 30 times over. 17 times of a death penalty offense. the boston marathon bomber described as quote, a monumental failure at striking fear in people. and now the process begins as to whether he lives or he dies. and the voices are coming out for and against. you'll hear about it next. i love making sunday dinners. but when my back hurt, cooking all day... forget about it. tylenol was ok, but it was 6 pills a day. but aleve is just 2 pills all day. and now, i'm back! aleve. >>> now that the verdicts are in in the boston bombing trial, we are about to enter a second phase, and it's big. a jury found dzhokar tsarnaev built on all 30 counts he faced. now that same group of people has a bigger decision, whether that 21-year-old should be lo

tonight, my conversation with a remarkable woman, the mother judy scott. her son killed by a local policeman who today lost his job and now as, you know faces murder charges for shooting walter scott again and again and again. judy scott is enduring the worst pain a parent can experience. that's not surprising. what is surprising and what you're going to hear tonight in the interview is that at the worst moment in her life she is experiencing incredible sense of faith and incredible strength and even forgiveness. she has forgiven she says the man who killed her son. you will hear that from her tonight. that man is michael slager. he was fired today less than 24 hours after being charged with murder. police chief eddie draeger today

judy scott tells anderson cooper she believes michael slager tried to make it look like her son grabbed his taser. god's love presses her to forgive him. she had seen the video, but could not watch it until the end. >> i could not watch the whole tape. when i saw my son running and i saw the policeman behind him, i couldn't take it. i had to turn away. i couldn't handle it. the policeman is supposed to protect the people not try to frame them or get out of what they have done wrong. they are supposed to be honest people. protecting us. >> we are learning details this morning about now former officer michael slager. officials say slager's wife is eight months pregnant. the city will continue to pay for her health insurance until the baby is born. the 33-year-old slager has two stepchildren. personnel records show slager like walter scott, served in the u.s. coast guard after joining the police department in 2009 this is interesting, slager was highly proficient in taser use. >>> in boston the jury in the boston marathon case will weigh whether dzhokhar tsarnaev should be executed after f

tonight, my conversation with a remarkable woman, the mother judy scott. her son killed by a local policeman who today lost his job and now as, you know faces murder charges for shooting walter scott again and again and again. judy scott is enduring the worst pain a parent can experience. that's not surprising. what is surprising and what you're going to hear tonight in the interview is that at the worst moment in her life she is experiencing incredible sense of faith and incredible strength and even forgiveness. she has forgiven she says the man who killed her son. you will hear that from her tonight. that man is michael slager. he was fired today less than 24 hours after being charged with murder. police chief eddie draeger today called it sickening. the victim's mother still has not been able to watch the full video of her son being gunned down. it was taken four days ago by a bystander and he took it to show the family after what the police said about this shooting was not true. the officer firing shot after shot eight shots in all. that's what the vide

earlier today, walter scott's mom, judy, we had a remarkable kon conversation, and i stress that she is a remarkable conversation and she considered that person to be heaven-sent. and we had a conversation with walter scott's brother, and also the family attorney chris stewart. >> you and your wife were the first people to see the video, and when you first saw it, what did you think? >> i was thinking that it can't be true. this can't be the way that it really happened but from knowing my brother's character, i know that he wouldn't have fought for a taser and use a taser on an officer, and i was sure that there had to be a different story to it. >> and so you went down when you knew what happened to the brother, you went down to the scene? >> i did. >> what did the police tell you what happened? >> the only thing that i was told was that he was shot once. that is all i was told. >> by the police you were told? >> by the police, by the officer. >> and when you heard them, this report that there had been a struggle over the taser, and the officer feared for his life, did you believe th

. >> your mother, judy scott, told anderson cooper she felt forgiveness in her heart for officer slager. do you? >> not at this time. >> absolutely understandable. what is it you want us to remember about walter scott? >> they took away a great man, great father, great son and a great brother. we can't bring him back. we need to make sure this doesn't happen to another family again. >> once again, i'm very sorry for your loss. thanks you to and your lawyer joining us from south carolina. thank you very much. >> cnn's anderson cooper also spoke with walter scott's mother. >> reporter: whether did you learn there was a videotape? >> it was the next day. >> when you finally saw it, i can't imagine what went through your heart. >> i couldn't really watch the whole tape. when i saw my son running and saw the policeman behind him, i couldn't take. his to turn away. i couldn't handle it. >> it is just heartbreaking. we will bring you much more of that interview later this hour on "cnn newsroom." >> for now we move our focus to the u.s. state of massachusetts. dzhokhar tsarnaev found guilty in

but this could happen to anyone. >> and anthony, your mother, judy scott, told our anderson cooper, thatt forgiveness in her heart for officer slager. do you? >> not at this time. >> that's absolutely understandable. what do you want us to remember about walter scott? >> what do i want the world to remember about walter scott? >> yeah. >> they took away a great man, a great father, a great son, and a great brother. and we can't bring him back, so we want to make sure that this thing doesn't happen to any other family again. >> anthony, once again i'm very sorry for your loss. i appreciate you coming on cnn at this time. thanks to you and your lawyer chris stewart joining us from south carolina. thank you very much. >> powerful words there from walter scott's brother. we're going to take a very short break. still to come, as the u.s. withdraws from afghanistan, people in kabul are being forced to find a new beginning. we'll tell you how their options are limited. g entirely new is being built into bounty. dawn. new bounty with dawn. just rinse and wring, so you can blast right through tou

a woman of deep faith, judy scott tells anderson cooper she has seen the video, but could not watch italthough she does not hate the officer who fired the shots. >> i'm supposed to be really angry and upset and raging and all that. i can't. because of the love of god in me. i can't be like that. >> you don't feel that in your heart? >> no i don't. i feel forgiveness in my heart for the guy that shot and kill my son. >> you feel forgiveness? >> yes, for him. >> learning new details about former officer michael slager. officials say slager's wife is eight months pregnant. insurance will be paid for until the baby is born. slager has two stepchildren. slager like walter scott served in the coast guard after joining the police department in 2009, slager was proficient in taser use. >>> the jury in the boston marathon case will weigh if dzhokhar tsarnaev should be executed after finding him guilty of all counts against him. the 21-year-old stood with his head bowed and hands clasped. we have alexandra field with more. >> reporter: christine, john, this is the moment that so many people wait

walter scott's mother, judy, been speaking out. i talked to her tonight. obviously. she is in the deepest grief. yet somehow has also found the grace to say she forgives the man who killed her son. imagine that. jason carroll brings us up to the minute with the stormy conference that took place earlier today. take a look. >> no yujustice, no peace. >> reporter: north charleston's mayor and police chief interrupted by vocal and angry protesters. demanding answers after seeing the video that shows officer michael slager repeatedly shooting walter scott in the back. slager is in jail tonight charged with murder. the man who shot the cell phone video coming forward wednesday. he's feiden santana. he saw a struggle between slager and scott. >> down on the floor before i started recording. i know they were down on the floor. i remember the police had control of scott and scott was trying to get away from the taser. you can hear the sound of the taser. >> reporter: the video starts as slager and scott appear to wrestle over an object, possibly the taser. the vide

i interviewed the mother of walter scott tonight, judy scott, and she has found the strength and the- the grace to say she forgives the man who killed her son. and a lot to the think about. jason carroll brings us up to

. >>> we are joined now about walter scott's mother, judy scott, anthony scott his brother, and theirr chris stewart. thank you all for joining us this morning. mrs. scott, i am so sorry for your loss. you have all our condolences. please try and tell us when you first heard about this and what you thought when you looked at that tape. >> when i looked at that tape, that was the most horrible thing i've ever seen. i am very, very upset concerning it. i almost couldn't look at it to see my son running defenselessly being shot. it just tore my heart to pieces and i pray that this never happens to another person. this has got to stop. >> and, anthony, you first heard from your mother that something had gone wrong at this traffic stop. tell us what happened. >> from the look of everything once i arrived on the scene and i saw all the police tape, i know something had gone wrong at that time. because for a traffic stop you don't need police tape and things of that sort. so i knew that everything was wrong, something had definitely gone wrong. >> what did the police tell you? >> the police

. >> reporter: they are also questions that have haunted judy and walter scott since saturday. >> i said, oh, no, and i dropped to my knees and started crying. >> reporter: the graphic video of their son too much to bear. >> i couldn't finish looking at it when i saw my child. i know he's 50 but he's my child. i saw him running like you would kill a man and i couldn't watch it anymore. >> reporter: his parents say the father of four may have been trying to run from the officer because he wanted to avoid jail time for back child support. but they do not believe he reached for the officer's taser. do you think that this murder charge would have been filed if this video did not exist? >> it would not. >> reporter: slager also a coast guard veteran joined the police department six years ago. in 2013 police records show slager was exonerated following a complaint of improper use of force with a taser involving a black man. at a court appearance yesterday slager entered no plea. >> i have two children and one on the way. >> reporter: today the mayor announced the city would still pay for the i

walter scott's mother judy spoke about this horrific experience with our anderson cooper. >> when you were told that the police were saying there had been a scuffle, that your son had fought for the taser, did that sound believable? >> i knew that was not true, because he knows how -- especially the north charleston policemen conduct themselves. he would never jeopardize his life. >> he would not have done something like that? >> no, he would not have done it. >> so when did you learn that there was a videotape? >> it was the next day. >> so when you saw it, i can't imagine what you thought. >> i couldn't really watch the whole tape. when i saw my son running, and i saw the policeman behind him, i couldn't take it. i had to turn away. i couldn't handle it. >> knowing what you know now, not only what happened to your son the way it happened that it was all captured on tape, even what seems to be pictures of the policeman picking up something, maybe the taser, placing it near your son's body, what do you think about what happened? >> that was not right. the policeman is supposed to prot

walter scott's mother, judy, spoke with our anderson cooper about accusations her son struggled overe officer's taser and how she knows in her heart that can't be true. take a listen. >> when you were told that the police were saying there had been a scuffle, that your son had fought for the taser, did that sound believable to you? >> i knew that that was not true because he know how especially the north charleston policemen conduct themselves. he would never jeopardize his life. >> reporter: he would not have done something like that? >> no, he would not have done it. >> reporter: officer slager's claim that walter scott tried to grab his taser is being called into question, not just by scott's mother but many who take a close look at that cell phone video revealing what took place in the deadly incident randi kaye asked an expert to analyze the officer's story again the video frame by frame, and just a warning, you will see that graphic video again. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: when north charleston police officer michael slager called dispatch about the shooting, listen to what he tol

. >> and feidin i know you just met walter scott's mom, judy. she's a remarkable lady. i talked to her yesterday visiting with her in north charleston last night and i asked her about you. and i want to play for you and our viewers what she said about you. what do you think of the person who came forward with this video? >> he was there. god planned that. he's the ram in the bush. i truly believe that. >> because some people would have been scared and run away. he not only stayed he approached the police officers to get closer and closer video. have you been able to talk to him? have you thanked him? >> no. >> what would you want to say to him? >> i would want to thank him for what he did. >> feidin what was it like to meet her this evening? >> they didn't know what was going to happen when i met with them. but as soon as i went in there, i just overrun by emotions and i just started crying for her. i felt a big connection with her. she's a person that you can tell she's very spiritual and like i say, i'm a person of believing in god also. and i think, you know, she was

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walter scott's parents, judy and walter, are with us along with their attorney. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> and mr. and mrs. scott, please accept my condolences on the loss of your son. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> you know that the police officer michael slager says that your son grabbed for his taser and that is why he used deadly force. when you look at that videotape, do you see any reasonable for that deadly force? >> i see no reason for that deadly force because i raised my children better than that. my son knew better. when i saw that i steed myself no, i know that's not true because walter would have, whatever he said to do walter would have done it. >> mrs. scott, why do you think walter was running away from the officer? >> i think he probably, he had some child support on him and i believe that he didn't want to go to jail again. he just ran away. >> can you imagine, and this is a question that was asked in the piece we just ran, what would this situation be if this videotape did not exist? if this tape wasn't made public, then th

scott. it is unanimous verdict for death. one vote against it is life imprisonment. so what we'll hear from judy clarke and her colleagues probably is evidence of psychological nature-- experts who will talk about who this young man is, why his will could be overwhelmed, why he could have been intimidated, why he could have gotten into jihad atbe the behest of his older brother. we may also hear from relatives, from friends who can talk about his change. he was a normal teenager. how did he become the person who allowed himself to do this terrible act? >> pelley: rikki klieman, our cbs news analyst, thank you, rikki. >> thank you. >> pelley: in another important >> pelley: michael slager was fired today after being caught on video shooting an unarmed fleeing suspect. the killing of walter scott happened in north charleston, south carolina, last weekend. officer slager is now charged with murder. here's vicente arenas. >> i-- i have watched the video, and i was sickened by what i saw. >> reporter: north charleston's chief of police was quick to distance himself from this explosive video. ( gunsho

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