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Judge urges jury to keep deliberating in officer’s trial

Judge urges jury to keep deliberating in officer's trial | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Kingsland Police Department shows Officer Zechariah Presley. A law enforcement expert says he believes Presley was justified in fatally shooting a man whom prosecutors say was unarmed and fleeing. Defense attorneys for former Kingsland officer Zechariah Presley rested their case Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, after testimony from forensic criminologist Ron Martinelli. Presley is being tried on a charge of voluntary manslaughter in the June 2018 slaying of Tony Green.(Kingsland Police Department via AP, File)

WOODBINE, Ga. – A judge is urging jurors to keep working toward a verdict for a former Georgia police officer charged with killing a fleeing, unarmed man.

Zechariah Presley faces up to 20 years in prison if he’s convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Tony Green. Deliberations were in their first full day Friday when Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett called jurors into court in mid-afternoon and encouraged them to continue.

Presley was a Kingsland police officer when Green fled a June 2018 traffic stop. A foot chase ended with a brief struggle. The white officer shot Green, a black man, eight times.

Prosecutors say Presley wasn’t justified in shooting Green as he fled. Defence attorneys say Presley feared Green was armed and fired when Green turned to face him.

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