All eight police officers who attended the shooting of an unarmed, fleeing black man can today be identified for the first time.

An analysis of the incident reports by Daily Mail Online which was cross-referenced with North Charleston City employee records reveals that there were six patrolmen and two sergeants - one of whom has a questionable past - called to the scene where Walter Scott was shot dead. Another office remained at the car with Mr. Scott's passenger.

First to arrive was officer Clarence Habersham. A post on his Facebook has a quote from John Wayne which reads: ‘Life is tough. Life is tougher if you’re stupid.’

Former officer Michael Slager was already there having shot dead Mr Scott, who was seen on stunning video taken by Feidin Santana running away from Slager after being stopped for a broken tail light.

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Clarence Habersham was the first to arrive on the scene to join Slager. A post on his Facebook has a quote from John Wayne which reads: ‘Life is tough. Life is tougher if you’re stupid.’

Joel Banias posted a video called: ‘The Real Reason Thugs Die’ showing three black men being gunned down by a gangster because they are unable to run away as their baggy jeans stop them from moving. Banias writes above it: ‘That explains it!’

Joel Banias posted a video called: ‘The Real Reason Thugs Die’ showing three black men being gunned down by a gangster because they are unable to run away as their baggy jeans stop them from moving. Banias writes above it: ‘That explains it!’

The other men summoned to assist were North Charleston police officers Joel Banias, Michael Cooper, Ryan Killin, Bonnell Williams and Sergeants Ron Webb and James Gann.

Banias has posted a video to his Facebook page which jokes about black men getting shot because their trousers are too baggy to let them run away.

All of them are likely to be questioned by federal investigators over what Mr Scott’s family claim is a cover-up by the North Charleston Police Department.

The FBI is likely to want to know whether or not they discussed the case with each other and what exactly they said and did.

A key matter will be whether or not they gave Mr Scott first aid or performed CPR as he lay on the grass with bullet wounds in his body - witnesses have claimed they did not.

Daily Mail Online can also reveal that Gann, who appears to have been the most senior officer involved in the incident, has a controversial past.

Since 1997 he has been the training supervisor for North Charleston Police Department, appearing to be the one responsible for ensuring Slanger knew how to correctly use his firearm and Taser.

Gann has steadily been promoted through the department and in 2007, while still an officer, he and a sergeant were assigned the role of reducing the number of trespassing cases, according to a strategy document posted online.

In 2013 Gann organized a speech by law enforcement consultant Steven L Gottlieb on ‘Crime Analysis: From First Report to Final Arrest’ which cost attendees $525 for the week long course.

Habersham was among a number of officers named in a federal lawsuit by a man who claimed that he kicked him in the face while he was handcuffed and lying on the floor

But he has had his own controversies and according to a report by the Inclusion Daily News, a disability rights news service, Gann was involved in an incident in 2006 which bears a similarity to what happened to Mr Scott.

The report claims that while off duty in North Charleston, he came across a man named Derek Derr who was carrying a garden hose.

The report says that Gann was familiar with Mr Derr and knew that he had a mental health issue that caused him to be fixated by hoses - and had even taken Gann’s once before.

The report says: ‘For whatever reason, Gann decided to confront Derr and order him to put the hose down.

‘Derr refused to put down the hose, and hit the staff member on her forearm.

‘Before long, Gann used a Taser stun gun four times to shock the 230-pound man with 50,000 volts of electricity, before restraining and handcuffing him, and taking him to jail.

‘Once there, he was booked on charges of assaulting a police officer, assault and disorderly conduct.’

Mr Derr’s family said that he began having epileptic seizures and after posting bail he was taken to hospital.

A post on Habersham's Facebook has a quote from John Wayne

Gann was criticized by not only Mr Derr’s family but the The Disabilities Board of Charleston County, the report says.

Among the other officers who assisted Slager, Habersham was first on the scene.

The Guardian has reported that he was among a number of officers named in a federal lawsuit by a man who claimed that he kicked him in the face while he was handcuffed and lying on the floor.

Sheldon Williams claimed that he was left with broken bones in his face after being assaulted during the 2011 arrest for armed robbery.

Banias worked for the Charleston County Aviation Authority Police as a Patrol Bike Officer before joining North Charleston.

A Twitter account bearing his name which says he lives in Charleston describes him as a ‘laid back husband, father of three and socially awkward Filipino/Irish hybrid’.

His Facebook page shows he is a fan of the National Rifle Association, the Philadelphia Eagles and American Sniper.

A video he posted called: ‘The Real Reason Thugs Die’ shows three black men being gunned down by a gangster because they are unable to run away - as their baggy jeans stop them from moving.

Banias writes above it: ‘That explains it!’

On his Facebook page Cooper appears to be a motorcycle enthusiast and poses with some friends on his powerful bike with a blonde friend on the back.

He says he is a fan of Edgar Allen Poe and The Cure and his profile picture is the Archangel Michael, who led God’s armies against Satan in The Book of Revelation.



DID OFFICERS GIVE WALTER SCOTT FIRST AID? Analysis of their officers’ reports reveals confusion over who was giving first aid to Walter Scott, if anyone, and what exactly was administered. Habersham writes that he ‘attempted to aid the victim by applying pressure to the gunshot wounds and directing the best route for EMS and fire to take to get to the victim faster’. Webb says that he ‘observed PFC Habersham administering chest compressions’ - something which Habersham himself does not mention Cooper said that when he arrived he saw ‘officers rendering aid to the subject’. In his report Gann said that he ‘assisted officer Habersham with first aid and CPR until the EMS arrived on the scene’. Officer Banias writes that he secured Slager’s car and put the passenger who had been in his car into his own vehicle. He makes no mention of anyone giving first aid. Killin said that he saw ‘several officer administering aid to the suspect’. Williams says that he started crime scene log and secured the crime scene but does not mention anyone giving first aid. In an interview Feidin Santana, who filmed the moment Slager opened fire, said that he ‘never saw’ anyone giving Mr Scott CPR. In an interview with NBC’s Morning Joe he has said: ‘I don’t know if they did it after I left, but I never saw that.’ North Charleston Police Chief Eddie Driggers said he thought that when one of the officers in the video lifts up Mr Scott’s shirt he might have been doing CPR or giving other first aid, but he wasn’t sure. Advertisement

In an emotional moment Walter Scott's family met with the man who filmed his death - and threw the case wide open.

Feidin Santana, 23, visited the family's Charleston, South Carolina home on Thursday to meet with the man's heartbroken parents, son and other relatives - in a moving moment witnessed by NBC.

Santana has been hailed a hero for keeping his cellphone camera trained on Officer Michael Slager as he fired eight shots at Scott, 50, in North Charleston on Saturday and later releasing the video.

'Oh, thank you God!' Judy Scott, the mother of Walter Scott said, as she embraced Santana tightly. 'Thank you Lord! Blessed God! Thank you, thank you God. Thank you, thank you!'

Hero: Feidin Santana, 23, is seen entering the Scott family home in Charleston on Thursday to meet the slain man's family, days after he recorded their son being shot dead by a white police officer

Thankful: Scott's mother, Judy Scott, looks at Santana before they embraced at the emotional meeting

Emotional: Scott's father looks on, right, as his wife thanks the man who captured the video on Saturday

Mr Scott's father, Walter Scott, Sr., also hugged the man and said: 'Thank you for another son, God, thank you. You've got a family in Charleston right now... anytime.'

'You did a good thing, Brother,' Walter Scott's son, Walter Jr., 20, added as he embraced Santana.

'I don't know how this would've turned out without the video, I just want to thank you. I don't know how much I could thank you more.'

Santana, a barber who is originally from the Dominican Republic, said he shared the footage because he wanted the family to know precisely how their son had died.

'Just amazing that they know the truth, you know,' he told NBC News as he met with the family. 'And they know that Mr Scott won't, like I say, this didn't just happen and stay that way.

'God put me there for a reason, I'm a very believer of God.'

Scott's mother added: 'He was supposed to be there.'

Scott was pulled over for a broken tail light on Saturday, but when officers approached his car, he fled - perhaps because he had previously been arrested for failing to pay child support.

As he ran, Santana saw him and pulled out his cell phone camera to record the moment Officer Slager shot Scott, who was unarmed, multiple times as he ran away.

Santana said he is glad the video could show the true story of what happened to the Scotts' son

Grateful: Mr Scott's son, 20-year-old Walter Jr., said he wasn't sure how he could thank Santana enough

New friends: Mr Scott's father, also called Walter, told Santana he now has family in Charleston

The officer, who is white, slowly approached the man's body, calmly checked for a pulse and failed to perform CPR. Santana got closer and continued recording the man's body on the ground.

'I know what I saw and I expressed myself to [the police],' Santana told Morning Joe on Thursday. 'It was an abuse and I saw with my own eyes. I said I had a video tape.'

One of the police officers told him to wait but 'I realized that would not be good in that moment,' he said - and he ran to his workplace.

Santana then contacted a friend who came to his barber shop and watched the video.

'When I showed him [the video], he said this was not good,' Santana said.

Following the shooting, Officer Slager, 33, filed a police report defending his actions, saying he feared for his life and that Scott had wrestled his Taser gun from him during a scuffle.

But four days later, Santana's explosive video emerged, throwing doubt on the officer's story.

Killer: Officer Michael Slager (left) was arrested on Tuesday for the killing of U.S. Army veteran Scott

Caught on camera: Officer Michael Slager, right, fired eight shots at Walter Scott as he fled from the officer in North Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday. The cop has been charged with Mr Scott's murder

Santana told the Today show on Thursday that Scott, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran and father-of-four, 'was trying to get away from the Taser... He never grabbed the Taser from the police'.

Slager was charged with Scott's murder on Tuesday and could face the death penalty.

He was terminated from the North Charleston police department the following day, with Chief Eddie Riggers telling a press conference that he had watched the video and found it 'sickening'.

Slager has not entered a plea to the murder charge nor commented publicly on the killing. He has retained an attorney.

Walter Scott will be laid to rest on Saturday and his family has said they will be filing a civil lawsuit against the North Charleston Police Department.