18-10-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com

Ex-officer who killed black man given 1-year prison sentence

A former Georgia police officer who fatally shot an unarmed, fleeing black man was sentenced to one year in prison Friday, nearly two weeks after a jury acquitted him of manslaughter charges but found him guilty of violating his oath of office.Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett in Camden County near the Georgia-Florida state line also gave Zechariah Presley four years of probation.Presley's wife said her husband was the "backbone" of their family, and their sons would be devastated if he were
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