Walter Scott, Father of four children and a Veteran of the United States Coast Guard, was killed and shot multiple times in the back – by North Charleston, S.C., police officer Michael Slager last weekend. Scott, who was already running away, was no threat to the officer when the first shot was fired. He was even less of a threat when Slager paused and fired the eighth and final round.

To non-police, Scott’s death may look familiar: Not even a year after Eric Garner died during an arrest in Staten Island, N.Y., and Michael Brown died in a police shooting in Ferguson, Mo., here was another case of a black man killed by police.

In Ferguson, as the Justice Department made very clear, all credible evidence supported officer Darren Wilson’s account of a justified, legal and necessary shooting. Brown robbed a store, fought for the police officer’s gun and then physically charged the cop. However, in North Charleston last weekend, all Scott did was drive with a broken taillight and run from the cop who pulled him over.

Like Scott, Garner died on camera as a result of police actions — in Garner’s case, a chokehold was used during his arrest. But most police officers see very little similarity. There’s a tremendous moral and legal difference between a person dying during an altercation with police and an officer willfully using lethal force. Policing can be bad and mistaken, both tactically and morally, and still not be criminal. Garner’s and Scott’s deaths were both tragedies, but only Scott’s murder was considered a crime. To see a black life taken out by a fellow cop is especially painful to police officers who spend much of their careers trying to protect black lives.

On Tuesday, Slager was charged with First Degree Murder for the shooting of Scott, He released a statement alleging that Scott had attempted to gain control of the Taser from Slager and that he was shot in a struggle over the weapon. But according to a video filmed by the bystander, that wasn’t the case.

Those who knew Scott remember him as lighthearted and gentle. They describe a laid-back, fun-loving man who took his girlfriend dancing on weekends. Scott had been married twice, and proposed to his girlfriend Charlotte Jones about a week before he was killed.

Co-workers said Scott always seemed calm at work and would often stop to ask others how they were doing. He loved to talk about pro football, especially his favorite Dallas Cowboys, even in the spring, when the rest of the sports world had moved on to college basketball and March Madness.

Despite struggles to keep up with child support payments, Scott’s relatives said he stayed close to his four children a 24-year-old daughter and three sons, ages 22, 20 and 16. #blacklivesdomatter