Walter Scott 'Gunned Down Like an Animal' by Traffic Cop

The brother of slain black man Walter Scott, 50, who was shot several times in the back and killed by white traffic police officer Michael Slager, 33, in North Charleston, South Carolina, last Saturday, deplored the way his sibling died.

"I thought that my brother was gunned down like an animal," Anthony Scott told CBS News after watching the amateur video of Slager chasing and shooting an apparently unarmed Scott eight times until the victim fell down. "It was just unbelievable to me to see that."

The case has ignited the issue of police force and race.

Slager was fired from his job by North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey but the city will cover his insurance until his wife, who is eight months pregnant, gives birth.

"My nephew who arrived on the scene first, he said, 'He's gone,'" Anthony said. "And when he said he's gone I'm like, 'That absolutely can't be true, that he's gone from a traffic stop.' I said, 'That can't be true.'"

Slager was charged with murder and was denied bail.

"When you're wrong, you're wrong, and if you make a bad decision, I don't care if you're behind the shield or just a citizen on the street," Summey said, according to CBS News. "You have to live by that decision."

His lawyer, David Aylor, dropped him after watching the video.

"I can't specifically state what is the reason why or what isn't the reason why I'm no longer his lawyer. All I can say is that the same day of the discovery of the video that was disclosed publicly, I withdrew as counsel immediately. Whatever factors people want to take from that and conclusions they want to make, they have the right to do that," Aylor told the Daily Beast.

The video showed Scott running away from Slager, who in turn shot him eight times in the back until he fell down.

Slager then shouted, "Put your hands behind your back, now."

Scott was pulled over by Slager because of a broken tail light. He reportedly tried to flee.

Slager could face the death penalty if he is convicted.