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Miller EM1Charly Ostrowski EM Nolan Schlereth P.O. 3 SN Jacob Schlereth ENS Trevor Siperek Petty Officer 2nd Class Har- rison Stanley Richard W. Summers, Jr. Ifyouhaveamother, father, son or daughter serving in the military and would like to include the person's name on this list, call 527-2153 or send an e-mail to clerk@ redbluffdailynews.com. If this person gets discharged from the military, call and we will remove the name from the list. Military FROMPAGE6 By Mitch Weiss and Michael Biesecker The Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. There is almost nothing in Michael Thomas Slager's police personnel file to sug- gest that his bosses consid- ered him a bad apple, let alone a trigger-happy rene- gade. People in the commu- nity he served said Thurs- day that this is precisely the problem: the department does too little to scrutinize its officers and keep them in check. In his five years with the North Charleston Po- lice, supervisors consis- tently gave positive perfor- mance reviews to the offi- cer now jailed for murder in the shooting of an unarmed black man who in the back. Slager had claimed self-de- fense, but he was swiftly charged and fired this week after the dead man's family released a bystander's video showing him shooting Wal- ter Lamer Scott eight times as he ran away. Slager's file includes just one excessive use-of-force complaint: A man said Slager used his stun gun against him without reason in 2013. But that internal in- vestigation was quickly dis- missed, exonerating Slager even though witnesses told The Associated Press they were never even contacted. As a steady crowd left flowers, stuffed animals, notes and protest signs Thursday in the empty lot where Scott was gunned down, many people in South Carolina's third-largest city said police routinely dismiss their complaints of harsh treatment, even when eye- witnesses are available to attest to police misbehavior. Residents say they've ex- perienced so much petty brutality that they regard officers with a mixture of distrust and fear. "We've had through the years numerous similar complaints, and they all seem to be taken lightly and dismissed without any obvi- ous investigation," the Rev. Joseph Darby, vice president of the Charleston branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Thursday. Slager's new attorney, Andy Savage, said Thurs- day that he's conducting his own investigation into Sat- urday's shooting. His state- ment added that it's "far too early for us to be say- ing what we think." Slager's original attorney, David Aylor, bowed out af- ter asserting that Slager had followed all proper procedures before using deadly force, a version that quickly unraveled after the video came out. The former officer, whose wife is eight months pregnant, is being held without bond pending an Aug. 21 hearing. Mario Givens, who al- leged two years ago that Slager repeatedly and un- necessarily caused him excruciating pain with a Taser, told the AP Wednes- day that he was dismayed to learn that Slager's file shows he was "exonerated" even though the internal in- vestigation never sought his version. "They never told me how they reached the con- clusion. Never. They never contacted anyone from that night. No one from the neighborhood," Givens said. Givens said he's con- vinced that Scott's death could have been prevented: "If they had just listened to me and investigated what happened that night, this man might be alive today." Darby also wonders if Saturday's fatal shooting might have turned out dif- ferently had the department thoroughly investigated the 2013 Taser complaint. "I think he would have been rebuked instead of fired," Darby said. "But maybe it changes the way he sees things." Darby and other civil rights leaders want North Charleston to create an in- dependent citizens review board to review complaints against police, since "law enforcement is going to al- most always give itself the benefit of the doubt." Such boards are few and far between in South Car- olina. North Charleston police spokesman Spencer Pryor said Wednesday that the department now plans to review Givens' complaint, although he wouldn't say what difference that could make now. Givens, 33, told the AP that Slager woke him be- fore dawn one morning by loudly banging on his front door, and saying "Come out- side or I'll tase you!" "I didn't want that to happen to me, so I raised my arms over my head, and when I did, he tased me in my stomach anyway," Giv- ens said. SOUTH CAROLINA Bl ac ks b la me s ho ot in g on p ol ic e indifference to complaints CHUCK BURTON — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Terence Wright, of North Charleston, S.C., pays his respects at the scene where Walter Scott was killed by a North Charleston police officer, in North Charleston, S.C., on Thursday. By Dana Ferguson The Associated Press MADISON, WIS. A Wiscon- sin man accused of travel- ing to Turkey as part of a failed attempt to join the Islamic State in Syria was ordered held without bond Thursday for trying to aid a terrorist group. Joshua Van Haften, 34, made his first court appear- ance a day after being ar- rested at O'Hare Interna- tional Airport in Chicago. During the brief hearing in federal court in Madison, Van Haften did not contest his detention. A newly unsealed crimi- nal complaint charges Van Haften with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist orga- nization. The complaint, which had been under seal since Oct. 28, alleges that Van Haften talked to people about his plan before leav- ing the United States in Au- gust for Istanbul. But it says he was unable to cross the border into Syria. The complaint says Van Haften's former room- mate told FBI officers that he made comments referring to jihad. When asked to explain what he meant, the complaint says, Van Haften folded a $100 bill to make it look like the twin towers of the World Trade Center that were de- stroyed in the Sept. 11 at- tack. The complaint says Van Haften folded an- other $100 bill to look like a missile. Van Haften's lawyer, Jo- seph Bugni, said he looks forward to "having all the facts brought to light." The next hearing was set for April 24. WISCONSIN Man accused of trying to join IS group PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama stops to greet members of the audience during a town hall meeting at the University of the West Indies on Thursday in Kingston, Jamaica. By Jim Kuhnhenn The Associated Press KINGSTON,JAMAICA As he wades into a region suffer- ing economic and political stresses, President Barack Obama sought Thursday to reassert U.S. influence in the Caribbean and the Americas with pledges of energy assistance and dip- lomatic fence mending, a mix of modest steps and high ambition for the U.S.'s southern neighbors. Obama huddled with Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and then separately with lead- ers of the Caribbean Com- munity, including Simp- son Miller, as he opened a three-day trip that will conclude with his atten- dance at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City. Even as he sought U.S. sway in the region, Obama was careful not to cast the U.S. as a single benefactor. "IntheAmericasthereare not senior partners and ju- nior partners, just partners," he told Jamaicans at an af- ternoon town hall meeting. Obama's travels come after a year spent devot- ing increased attention to the region by signing exec- utive orders on immigra- tion, seeking to slow the influx of Central Ameri- can minors to the U.S. bor- der, tussling with Venezu- ela over human rights and initiating a historic diplo- matic opening with Cuba. But Obama's efforts are limited, with his most am- bitious one facing poten- tial obstacles from the Re- publican-controlled Con- gress and his most recent immigration initiative stalled by court order. A $1 billion spending initiative aimed at Honduras, Gua- temala and El Salvador's economic and crime trou- bles, for instance, requires congressional approval. Still, punishing electric- ity costs that are as much as five times more expen- sive than prices on the U.S. mainland and a lack of en- ergy security have long been major concerns in the scattered islands of the Ca- ribbean. The sun-splashed, wind-swept region derives nearly all of its electricity from plants that burn im- ported oil and diesel. Obama on Thursday an- nounced a $20 million ef- fort to help jump start pri- vate and public sector in- vestment in clean energy projects in the Caribbean and Central America. Energy security on the import-dependent island is a growing concern with the wobbly economy of oil-de- pendent Venezuela, where the Petrocaribe trade pro- gram created by the late President Hugo Chavez has kept Jamaica and much of the region dependent on the South American coun- try for energy. Energy aid, diplomacy mark Obama visit to Americas SUMMIT Select"Subscribe"tabinlowerrightcorner Complete information for automatic weekly delivery to your email inbox That's it! 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