In North Charleston, South Carolina, about two hours from the state Capitol and the debate over the Confederate flag, the mother of Walter Scott visited the site of her son’s death for the first time. Walter Scott was an unarmed African-American man shot dead in April by white police officer Michael Slager, who was charged with murder after video showed he shot Scott in the back as he ran away. Walter Scott’s brother Anthony spoke during the family’s visit to the fenced-in field where his brother died.

Anthony Scott: “It’s hard trying to face it with my mom and my dad, because I, for the longest, have tried to to keep them away from the site, but I know some closure has to come. And we’re getting closer to that time. We have to come and face it and look it head-on.”

Michael Slager, the officer who killed Walter Scott, is in the same jail as Charleston massacre suspect Dylann Roof.