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Hal Zerozerozeronine

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Sun Oct 6, 2019, 06:48 AM Oct 2019

Ex-officer not guilty of manslaughter in Georgia shooting

Source: Associated Press



4 hours ago

WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia police officer who fatally shot a fleeing, unarmed black man was acquitted Saturday of voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter.

The jury, however, found Zechariah Presley guilty of violating his oath of office in the 2018 shooting of Tony Green, 33, in coastal Camden County near the Georgia-Florida state line. Presley was ordered to be jailed pending sentencing Oct. 18. He faces a prison term of one to five years.

Presley sat silently at the defense table. Green’s relatives wiped away tears after the verdict was read.

Pastor Mack De’Von Knight, whose church Green attended, denounced the acquittals outside the courthouse, saying the evidence was “open and shut.”

“He admitted that he killed Tony Green in cold blood,” Knight said. “To me, it’s hunting season for the young black man and we’re being gunned down in the streets and there’s no repercussions, there’s no consequences for these officers.”

Read more: https://www.apnews.com/684786cad3cd4ff38232576b9c4330e0



Can anyone rebut what Pastor Knight is saying? 'cause I sure as hell can't!
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Ex-officer not guilty of manslaughter in Georgia shooting (Original Post) Hal Zerozerozeronine Oct 2019 OP
I would say OP rather that its yet another example of how juries are still hesitant on cstanleytech Oct 2019 #1
Seems rather inconsistent, to me. malthaussen Oct 2019 #2

cstanleytech

(26,087 posts)
1. I would say OP rather that its yet another example of how juries are still hesitant on
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 09:46 AM
Oct 2019

finding police officers guilty and when they do they are far to lenient on them.
As an example they had the option of at least convicting him of involuntary manslaughter which at a minimum they should have and yet they only found him guilty of a far lesser crime.

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
2. Seems rather inconsistent, to me.
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 01:27 PM
Oct 2019

If the officer "violated his oath of office," then it seems to me he must have been guilty of some misbehavior. Why he is not held to account for that misbehavior doesn't make a lot of sense.

-- Mal

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