Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te whaea o te kaitiaki pirihimana i hopukina ki runga ataata e kopere ana ki te tuara o te tangata pango kore patu i a ia e rere ana kua pakaru tana noho puku. Ko Karen Sharpe, te whaea o te Pirihimana o North Charleston, a Michael Slager, i tiakina tana tama i roto i tētahi uiuinga, e kī ana e kore ia e whakapono ka mahia e ia tētahi mea pēnei i te mea e whakawakia nei ia. I whakaaturia hoki e ia he tino pouri tana wahine, e waru marama te hapūtanga. I kii a Ms Sharpe e kore ia e matakitaki i te riipene ataata o te pupuhi kino. I a ia hoki e whakapuaki ana i tana aroha ki te whānau o Walter Scott, te tangata i patua e tana tama. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko Karen Sharpe (i runga) te whaea o te Pirihimana o North Charleston, a Michael Slager, i tiaki i tana tama i roto i te uiuinga. Ko Slager (whakaahua taha maui, whakaahua taha matau) kei muri i te whare herehere, kua panahia mai i tana mahi, ahakoa kaore ano ia kia uru atu ki tetahi tono. I kii a Sharpe (i runga ake nei) kaore ia i matakitaki i te riipene ataata o te pupuhi, kaore ano hoki i panui i tetahi purongo purongo, kaore ano hoki i matakitaki i tetahi purongo purongo mo te kaupapa - kaore hoki e whakaaro ana. I whakapuaki hoki a Sharpe i te aroha ki te whanau o Walter Scott (i runga ake nei), i te kii ko tenei huihuinga kua meinga e raua tokorua ki te 'hurihuri mo ake tonu atu' 'Kaore e taea e au,' i kii a Sharpe ki a ABC News. Tērā pea ki ētahi tāngata, "Kei te whakakahore koe", engari e pouri ana ahau, kāore e taea. E mōhio ana ahau ki te āhua o Mikaera.' I haere tonu ia ki te kii he pai ki tana tama te noho hei rangatira. 'E kore au e whakaaro i a ia e mahi ana i tētahi mea, ehara i a ia,' i mea ia mō te pupuhi. 'Kāore i te rite ki a ia. Ehara i te mea.' Mo te wahine a Slager, i kii ia i mua ake i taua ra me haere tahi nga wahine tokorua ki te tirotiro kia kite me pehea te mahi a tana peepi. 'I tino pouri ia na te mea kaore ia i reira, a, e mohio ana ahau kaore ia e mahi i tetahi mea whaihua kia kore e taea te noho tahi me tana wahine i te wa o te whanautanga,' ka mea a Sharpe mo te taenga mai o te taote. 'Kua tino kaha rātau ki tēnei.' Na ka tapiritia e ia; 'He tamaiti iti tana kei te ara, i te marama e whai ake nei, a he nui ta raua mahi mo tenei tamaiti.' I kii te taone i mua ka utua tonu mo te hauora o Mrs. Slager...
Ko te whaea o te Pirihimana o North Charleston a Michael Slager e korero ana i te mea kei muri i tana tama i muri i nga tutaki mo te patu i te mate o Walter Scott. I tiakina e Karen Sharpe tana tama, e kii ana kaore e taea e ia te whakaaro ki a ia e patu ana i tetahi tangata, a he pai ki a ia te mahi pirihimana. I whakakitea hoki e ia he tino pouri te wahine hapū a Slager mo nga mea kua tupu i te mea kua whakaritea ia ki te whanau i te marama e whai ake nei. I kii a Sharpe kaore ia i matakitaki i te riipene ataata o te pupuhi, kaore ano hoki i panui i tetahi purongo purongo, kaore ano hoki i matakitaki i tetahi purongo purongo mo te kaupapa. I whakapuakina hoki e ia te aroha ki te whānau Scott, e kī ana kua meinga e tēnei kaupapa rāua e rua ki te 'hurihuri mō ake tonu atu' Kaore a Slager i whakaae ki te whakapae mo te kohuru, kaore ano hoki i korero ki te iwi mo te patu.