Officer charged; anger over shooting of black man lingers
Source: Associated Press
Russ Bynum, Associated Press
Updated 8:29 am CDT, Saturday, July 14, 2018
KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — Anthony Dammond says the two gunshots sounded close enough that he jumped up from watching TV and stepped outside, where he peered into the darkness and saw a man running and clutching one leg as if he was wounded.
As the runner turned a corner and bolted from sight, Dammond said, a police car came into view following his trail.
"The policeman came down the street and swung his car into the intersection. He jumped out of his car and POW, POW, POW, POW!" said Dammond, who lives one house away from the crossing. "I said, 'Oh my God, he shot that man!'"
Now two homemade crosses stand beside the street where 33-year-old Tony Green died. A week after the June 20 shooting, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Kingsland police officer Zechariah Presley on charges of voluntary manslaughter and violating his oath of office. The bureau said Presley fired multiple shots at Green as he was fleeing.
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Rest in peace, Tony Green.
police officer Zechariah Presley
Earlier article:
Family of man killed by Kingsland cop calls for justice
Ex-officer Zechariah Presley faces judge on manslaughter charge Friday
By Elizabeth Campbell - Reporter, Steve Patrick - News4Jax digital managing editor
Posted: 1:08 PM, June 29, 2018
Updated: 11:25 PM, June 29, 2018
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How Green died
Presley, who is white, was following Green, who is black, on June 20. During a traffic stop, Presley made physical contact, but when Green ran, "Presley fired multiple shots resulting in the death of Green," according to a Georgia Bureau of Investigation statement.
According to the arrest warrant, Presley acted "solely as the result of a sudden, violent, and irresistible passion, resulting from serious provocation sufficient to excite such passion in a reasonable person."
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The department also released Presley's personnel file, which shows he was hired last year despite admitting that he had physically fought with his wife, had bought or sold marijuana, repeatedly shouted at people, was involved in "2-3" accidents and had been arrested for "reckless, eluding, speeding," according to his handwritten text.
Presley also racked up nine incidents during in his year with the police department, at one point parking outside the house of a black man who had complained to the chief, prompting the man to say that Presley had him fearing for his life.
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https://www.news4jax.com/news/georgia/camden-county/kingsland/kingsland-officer-who-killed-black-motorist-faces-judge-on-manslaughter-charge
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