The attorney representing Kory York believes the now suspended Master Trooper will be found not guilty of the charges he faces as a result of the 2019 in-custody death of Ronald Greene, a Black man who was beaten by officers before he died. Mike Small spoke with us today.
“I’m very in-curried assuming this case ever gets to trial that a fair minded jury in union parish will acquit and find not guilty trooper York of all the charges and the indictment,” said Small.
York is one of the five law enforcement officers facing charges. His charges are the most serious, one count of negligent homicide and ten counts of malfeasance. Small says it’s significant federal prosecutors investigated the case for two and half years and determined criminal charges were not warranted
“if they thought that they had a case that they could have prevailed on i’m confident that they would have indited whom ever was the subject of the investigation,” said Small.
Small says there will be no plea bargaining as he believes York did not commit any crimes…
“I’m simply saying that based upon my review of the evidence trooper York can successfully defended all of those charges before a fair minded jury in union parish,” said Small.
Body camera video of the arrest shows York dragging Greene by his ankle shackles and putting his foot on his back for push him down and leaving him face down in the dirt for nearly ten minutes.
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