Feidin Santana, Who Recorded Police Shooting Of Walter Scott, Speaks Out

*The man who recorded the police shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston is an immigrant from the Dominican Republic. VL

By NBC News

Feidin Santana, recorded video of the shooting of Walter Scott
Feidin Santana, recorded video of the shooting of Walter Scott (via NBC News)

Feidin Santana, a barber who immigrated to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic, is at the center of a story that has transfixed the nation. It was Santana’s cell phone video that resulted in Officer Michael Slager, 33, beingarrested and charged with murder Tuesday for the shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott, 50, after a traffic stop in North Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday.

“I thought about his position, their situation … If I were to have a family member that would happen [to], I would like to know the truth,” Santana said in an exclusive interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt.

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