the mother of north charleston police officer michael slager is speaking out as her son is behind bars for the the shooting death of walter scott .
karen sharpe defended her son , saying she could not imagine him ever murdering someone and that he loved being a police officer .
she also revealed that slager 's pregnant wife is devastated about what has happened as she is set to give birth next month .
sharpe said she has not watched the video of the shooting or read any news reports or watched any news coverage of the incident .
she also expressed sympathy for the scott family , noting this event has caused them both to ` change forever '
slager has not entered a plea to the murder charge nor commented publicly on the killing .