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Mr Santana described what he had seen as a 'persecution' and told other police officers who later arrived at the scene that he had a video of the shooting.
'I know what I saw and I expressed myself to them [the police]. It was an abuse and I saw with my own eyes. I said I had a video tape,' Santana told Morning Joe. 'One of the cops said to ''wait over there'', and I realized that would not be good in that moment. I ran to my job.'
The 23-year-old 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.
The 23-year-old's attorney, Todd Rutherford, said it was good that his client left the scene where seven other officers arrived immediately after the shooting.
Mr Rutherford told Morning Joe: 'He talked to police immediately after the shooting but it was nothing but North Charleston police all in uniform. He got afraid and that's when he left.
'He was surrounded by officers who have continually lied about what happened. They [the officers] said that they performed CPR on a dying man - they didn't.
'His video is going to get a lot of people in trouble.'
Following the shooting on Saturday, Officer Slager, 33, filed a police report defending his actions, saying he feared for his life and Scott wrestled his Taser gun from him during a scuffle which broke out after he pulled over the 50-year-old for a broken brake light.
Four days later, Mr Santana's explosive video was made public - and blew the cop's story wide open.
Mr Santana told Today 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.
Excerpt: dailymail
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