By NBC News
Dash-cam video captured two conversations Officer Michael Slager had after he fatally shot Walter Scott — one in which he appeared to tell his wife “everything’s OK” and one with a fellow cop in which he admitted his adrenaline was “pumping” and laughed nervously.
Slager cannot be seen on the video, but he can be heard answering a call — apparently from his pregnant wife — and giving her his version of the April 4 confrontation with Scott following a traffic stop in North Charleston.
“Hey, everything’s OK, OK? I just shot somebody. Yeah, everything’s OK,” he said.
“He grabbed my…
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