Walter Scott's death isn't a shock for locals in South Carolina

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NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Many people who live North Charleston acknowledge that the video of Walter Scott's death is brutal. They're just not that surprised by what it shows

Locals told Mashable that police brutality toward black residents is routine in North Charleston; the video has simply brought that to national attention. But when it comes to daily life, some black residents said they're victims of racial profiling and sometimes, as in Scott's case, much worse

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"They're always big on profiling people," Vergil Delesline told Mashable"If you've got a good car, and you're black, then you're a drug dealer." Read more...

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