AP: Feds probing in-custody death of Black man in Louisiana
4 years, 3 months ago

AP: Feds probing in-custody death of Black man in Louisiana

Associated Press  

Federal authorities are investigating the death of a Black man during what Louisiana State Police described as a struggle to take him into custody following a rural police chase last year, officials told The Associated Press. Greene’s family said authorities initially claimed Greene died after crashing into a tree but omitted what State Police now acknowledge was the “struggle” preceding his death. Two law enforcement officials familiar with the case said State Police are investigating whether one of the responding troopers improperly turned off his body camera during Greene’s arrest. “He has not seen the video.” Greene’s death was ruled accidental and attributed to cardiac arrest, said Renee Smith, the Union Parish coroner who was not in office when that determination was made. “The physical evidence we’ve been able to review is inconsistent with the manner of death that they’ve described,” said Lee Merritt, a prominent civil rights lawyer representing Greene’s family.

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Louisiana Trooper Pleads No Contest to Reduce Charges in Deadly Arrest of Black Motorist Ronald Greene
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Louisiana Trooper Pleads No Contest to Reduce Charges in Deadly Arrest of Black Motorist Ronald Greene

Associated Press  

Louisiana state trooper Kory York has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery in exchange for a year of probation and an agreement to testify against the lone officer still facing trial. Despite vehement objections from Greene's family, York's plea effectively spares him jail time. The case remains open, with the state police investigation into Greene's death ongoing.

Louisiana prosecutors drop most serious charge in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Louisiana prosecutors drop most serious charge in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene

Associated Press  

Louisiana prosecutors on Thursday dismissed the most serious remaining charge in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, dropping a negligent homicide count against a veteran trooper seen on body-camera video dragging the Black motorist by his ankle shackles and forcing him to lie face down before he stopped breathing. “They killed my son and no one gives a rat’s …

‘Where’s Ronald Greene’s justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist’s deadly arrest
7 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Where’s Ronald Greene’s justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist’s deadly arrest

Associated Press  

— Mona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into her son’s deadly arrest by Louisiana State Police troopers, an anguish only compounded by the fact that nearly every other major civil rights case during that time has passed her by. Every one of those cases happened months or years after the death …

Prosecutors set to lay out case against officers in death of unarmed Black man in Denver suburb
1 year, 3 months ago

Prosecutors set to lay out case against officers in death of unarmed Black man in Denver suburb

The Independent  

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Louisiana judge tosses some charges against officers in deadly arrest of Black driver Ronald Greene
1 year, 5 months ago

Louisiana judge tosses some charges against officers in deadly arrest of Black driver Ronald Greene

Associated Press  

A state judge has thrown out obstruction of justice charges against two of the five Louisiana lawmen indicted in the fatal 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, a death authorities initially blamed on a car crash before long suppressed body-camera video showed the white officers beating, stunning and dragging the Black motorist as he wailed, “I’m scared!” While the rulings this …

Family of man killed in police incident files $50m claim
1 year, 11 months ago

Family of man killed in police incident files $50m claim

Al Jazeera  

Los Angeles police had repeatedly Tasered the cousin of a Black Lives Matter co-founder in the hours before his death. Lawyers for the five-year-old son of a man who died in the United States after Los Angeles police repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun have filed a $50m claim for damages against the city. The claim is required before …

Anatomy of a 'cover up': Coroners’ records missing on unarmed Louisiana Black man's death
2 years, 7 months ago

Anatomy of a 'cover up': Coroners’ records missing on unarmed Louisiana Black man's death

Raw Story  

Questioning coroners and a paramedic, Louisiana lawmakers on the special committee investigating the Ronald Greene case learned some new details about the 49-year-old’s death in Louisiana State Police custody. Answering questions committee member Rep. Tony Bacala posed, paramedic Cindy Ott said Greene had no signs of life when the ambulance arrived on the scene to transport him to Glenwood Regional …

‘Torture and murder': Ronald Greene case turns cop vs. cop
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Torture and murder': Ronald Greene case turns cop vs. cop

Associated Press  

— Louisiana State Police investigators who pressed within days to charge troopers in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene told lawmakers Tuesday that commanders rejected their concerns and told them to suppress graphic video of the Black motorist’s final moments that the agency’s own expert described as “torture and murder.” Legislators heard explosive testimony from a supervisor who said …

Former police boss denies cover-up in Ronald Greene death
2 years, 9 months ago

Former police boss denies cover-up in Ronald Greene death

Associated Press  

John Bel Edwards trusted Louisiana State Police to “do the right thing” and took a hands-off approach in police matters, even after Black motorist Ronald Greene died in a violent confrontation with troopers following a high-speed chase, the former head of the agency told state lawmakers Tuesday. But Reeves was unbowed, insisting he will one day face God with a …

Ex-Louisiana police boss to testify in Ronald Greene’s death
2 years, 9 months ago

Ex-Louisiana police boss to testify in Ronald Greene’s death

Associated Press  

— The former head of the Louisiana State Police has agreed to appear before the legislative committee investigating the fatal arrest of Ronald Greene — an in-custody death one lawmaker described Tuesday as “a modern-day lynching.” Legislators plan to question former Col. Kevin Reeves as soon as next week about his response to Greene’s violent death and what Gov. “Ronald …

Louisiana governor denies he delayed probe in deadly arrest
2 years, 10 months ago

Louisiana governor denies he delayed probe in deadly arrest

Associated Press  

John Bel Edwards defiantly denied Tuesday that he delayed or interfered with investigations into the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene — and for the first time he characterized the actions of the troopers seen on video stunning, punching and dragging the Black man as racist. “That is not who I am as a person.” Edwards’ remarks were the first …

Governor knew the circumstances around a deadly arrest, but kept quiet, records show
2 years, 10 months ago

Governor knew the circumstances around a deadly arrest, but kept quiet, records show

NPR  

Governor knew the circumstances around a deadly arrest, but kept quiet, records show Enlarge this image toggle caption Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate file photo via AP Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate file photo via AP BATON ROUGE, La. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat in a deep-red state, was immersed in a difficult reelection campaign when he received a text message from the head …

In Ronald Greene’s death, a mother’s defiant quest for truth
3 years ago

In Ronald Greene’s death, a mother’s defiant quest for truth

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — Mona Hardin has cherished her son’s cremated remains since the day they arrived at her doorstep in a FedEx box. Kill him, just let him suffer, see him spit up blood.. And then, cover it up.” With measured intensity, locked jaw and icy stare, the diminutive 70-year-old is on a mission and she won’t give Greene’s ashes …

In Ronald Greene's death, a mother's defiant quest for truth
3 years ago

In Ronald Greene's death, a mother's defiant quest for truth

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Kill him, just let him suffer, see him spit …

Mom demands answers in Black man’s deadly Louisiana arrest
3 years ago

Mom demands answers in Black man’s deadly Louisiana arrest

Associated Press  

— Ronald Greene’s mother chastised Louisiana lawmakers Monday for not acting quickly enough to hold state troopers accountable for her son’s deadly 2019 arrest, saying the Black motorist’s death at the end of a high-speed chase was a “murder” that’s been covered up, sugarcoated and mired in bureaucracy. But long-withheld body-camera video obtained and published by The Associated Press in …

New Ronald Greene autopsy dumps crash theory in fatal arrest
3 years, 1 month ago

New Ronald Greene autopsy dumps crash theory in fatal arrest

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A reexamined autopsy ordered by the FBI in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene has rejected the Louisiana State Police claim that a car crash caused his fatal injuries, narrowing prosecutors’ focus on the troopers seen on body camera video beating, stunning and dragging the Black motorist. The FBI this week received the new forensic review …

New Ronald Greene autopsy report discredits the police theory of fatal crash injuries
3 years, 1 month ago

New Ronald Greene autopsy report discredits the police theory of fatal crash injuries

NPR  

New Ronald Greene autopsy report discredits the police theory of fatal crash injuries Enlarge this image toggle caption Gerald Herbert/AP Gerald Herbert/AP NEW ORLEANS — A reexamined autopsy ordered by the FBI in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene has rejected the Louisiana State Police claim that a car crash caused his fatal injuries, narrowing prosecutors' focus on the …

In Louisiana, a father, a son and a culture of police abuse
3 years, 1 month ago

In Louisiana, a father, a son and a culture of police abuse

Associated Press  

— Growing up in the piney backwoods of northern Louisiana, where yards were dotted with crosses and the occasional Confederate flag, Jacob Brown was raised on hunting, fishing and dreams of becoming a state trooper. When friends and colleagues would ask Bob Brown how his first-born was getting along as a trooper, he’d respond with a seemingly innocuous boast: “He’s …

Louisiana governor downplays State Police cover-up allegations in Ronald Greene case
3 years, 3 months ago

Louisiana governor downplays State Police cover-up allegations in Ronald Greene case

Raw Story  

In a radio interview Wednesday, Gov. John Bel Edwards downplayed reports that Louisiana State Police troopers engaged in an attempted cover-up of the 2019 death of Ronald Greene, saying many of the cover-up allegations are “overblown or just false." Troopers said for over a year that the 49-year-old Black man died from injuries suffered in a car wreck, but the …

Beatings, buried videos a pattern at Louisiana State Police
3 years, 3 months ago

Beatings, buried videos a pattern at Louisiana State Police

Associated Press  

— In one long-buried video, white Louisiana State Police troopers can be seen slamming a Black man against a police cruiser after finding marijuana in his car, throwing him to the ground and repeatedly punching him — all while he is handcuffed. As the Louisiana State Police reel from the fallout of the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene — …

3 police officers, 2 paramedics charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death in Colorado
3 years, 3 months ago

3 police officers, 2 paramedics charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death in Colorado

LA Times  

Demonstrators carry a large placard during at a rally and march over the death of Elijah McClain outside the Police Department in Aurora, Colo. on June 27, 2020. Colorado’s attorney general said Wednesday that a grand jury has indicted three police officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a chokehold …

Officers And Paramedics Are Charged In Elijah McClain's 2019 Death In Colorado
3 years, 3 months ago

Officers And Paramedics Are Charged In Elijah McClain's 2019 Death In Colorado

NPR  

Officers And Paramedics Are Charged In Elijah McClain's 2019 Death In Colorado Enlarge this image toggle caption David Zalubowski/AP David Zalubowski/AP DENVER — Colorado's attorney general said Wednesday that a grand jury indicted three officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative two …

AP: Police brass eyed in probe of Black man’s deadly arrest
3 years, 4 months ago

AP: Police brass eyed in probe of Black man’s deadly arrest

Associated Press  

— Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Louisiana State Police brass obstructed justice to protect the troopers seen on long-withheld body camera video punching, dragging and stunning Black motorist Ronald Greene during his fatal 2019 arrest. I’m scared!” A key point under scrutiny in the federal investigation came just a day after the AP published the video, when the head of …

AP: Body cam prompts new look at what killed Black motorist
3 years, 5 months ago

AP: Body cam prompts new look at what killed Black motorist

Associated Press  

The FBI is taking the unusual step of ordering a new look at the autopsy of Black motorist Ronald Greene to consider evidence not provided after his 2019 death, including graphic body camera video of Louisiana state troopers stunning, punching and dragging him after a high-speed chase. The initial examination of Greene’s body two years ago failed to determine whether …

AP: Police clung to crash theory in Black man’s fatal arrest
3 years, 5 months ago

AP: Police clung to crash theory in Black man’s fatal arrest

Associated Press  

— More than a year and a half after Louisiana state troopers were captured on body camera video brutalizing Black motorist Ronald Greene during his fatal arrest, police brass were still trying to blame his death on a car crash at the end of a high-speed chase. Though the autopsy listed Greene’s cause of death as “cocaine induced agitated delirium …

AP: Louisiana police unit probed over Black driver arrests
3 years, 6 months ago

AP: Louisiana police unit probed over Black driver arrests

Associated Press  

— The same Louisiana State Police unit whose troopers stunned, punched and dragged Ronald Greene on video during a deadly 2019 arrest is now under internal investigation by a secret panel over whether its officers are systematically targeting Black motorists for abuse. “I don’t want to see this happen to nobody — not to my worst enemy.” The panel began …

Activists: Charge Louisiana troopers in Black man’s death
3 years, 6 months ago

Activists: Charge Louisiana troopers in Black man’s death

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana State Police troopers involved in the violent arrest of a Black motorist who died in police custody in 2019 should be immediately fired and charged with crimes, leaders of the National Urban League and other civil rights groups said Thursday. than a crime has been committed by Louisiana state troopers,” said Morial, who during the news …

Louisiana State Police officer withheld body camera video that recorded Ronald Greene’s deadly arrest
3 years, 6 months ago

Louisiana State Police officer withheld body camera video that recorded Ronald Greene’s deadly arrest

Firstpost  

The case drew national attention when body camera videos showed troopers jolting the Black man with stun guns, putting him in a chokehold and dragging him by his ankle shackles New Orleans: In perhaps the strongest evidence yet of an attempted cover-up in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, the ranking Louisiana State Police officer at the scene falsely …

AP: Top cop in Black man’s deadly arrest withheld cam video
3 years, 7 months ago

AP: Top cop in Black man’s deadly arrest withheld cam video

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — In perhaps the strongest evidence yet of an attempted cover-up in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, the ranking Louisiana State Police officer at the scene falsely told internal investigators that the Black man was still a threat to flee after he was shackled, and he denied the existence of his own body camera video for …

Officer Withheld Video Of Ronald Greene's Deadly Arrest For Nearly 2 Years
3 years, 7 months ago

Officer Withheld Video Of Ronald Greene's Deadly Arrest For Nearly 2 Years

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW ORLEANS — In perhaps the strongest evidence yet of an attempted cover-up in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, the ranking Louisiana State Police officer at the scene falsely told internal investigators that the Black man was still a threat to flee after he was shackled, and he denied the existence of his own body …

'I'm afraid...': US cops seen using taser on Black man before his death in Louisiana
3 years, 7 months ago

'I'm afraid...': US cops seen using taser on Black man before his death in Louisiana

India Today  

Initial claims by Louisiana authorities that a Black man stopped after a high-speed chase had died of crash-related injuries were undercut this week by a newly released video showing police tasing, dragging, choking and beating the man. The AP said the video it had obtained shows troopers, all of them white, opening Greene's car, jolting him with a stun gun …

Video: Shackled Black man ordered facedown in deadly arrest
3 years, 7 months ago

Video: Shackled Black man ordered facedown in deadly arrest

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Beaten and shackled by Louisiana state troopers, Black motorist Ronald Greene desperately tried to roll over in what may have been a struggle to breathe but was ordered to stay on his belly, according to body-camera video newly obtained by The Associated Press. John Bel Edwards, in an about-face, said he “strongly supported” the release, calling the …

Ronald Greene death: Louisiana State Police release videos from 2019 encounter
3 years, 7 months ago

Ronald Greene death: Louisiana State Police release videos from 2019 encounter

CNN  

CNN — Two years after Ronald Greene died after an encounter with Louisiana State Police, the agency released the video footage recorded by body cameras that night, Superintendent Col. Lamar Davis said at a Friday news conference. On Wednesday, York’s attorney, Jay Adams, told CNN, “We have no comment on this pending litigation at this time.” Autopsy says it is …

Video shows Ronald Greene was beaten and tased by Louisiana State Police police after auto accident
3 years, 7 months ago

Video shows Ronald Greene was beaten and tased by Louisiana State Police police after auto accident

CNN  

CNN — After Ronald Greene’s fatal 2019 encounter with the Louisiana State Police, family members said police told them he died in an auto accident. In May 2020, Greene’s daughter filed a federal wrongful death suit against seven law enforcement officers that said he was “brutalized by Louisiana State Police and Union Parish Deputy Officers which caused his death.” The …

'I'm Scared': Video Captures Deadly Arrest Of Black Man In Louisiana
3 years, 7 months ago

'I'm Scared': Video Captures Deadly Arrest Of Black Man In Louisiana

Huff Post  

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana state troopers were captured on body camera video stunning, punching and dragging a Black man as he apologized for leading them on a high-speed chase ― footage of the man’s last moments alive that The Associated Press obtained after authorities refused to release it for two years. The 46-minute clip shows one trooper wrestling Greene to …

‘I’m scared': AP obtains video of deadly arrest of Black man
3 years, 7 months ago

‘I’m scared': AP obtains video of deadly arrest of Black man

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana state troopers were captured on body camera video stunning, punching and dragging a Black man as he apologized for leading them on a high-speed chase -- footage of the man’s last moments alive that The Associated Press obtained after authorities refused to release it for two years. The 46-minute clip shows one trooper wrestling Greene to …

Body Cam Captures Deadly Arrest of Black Man
3 years, 7 months ago

Body Cam Captures Deadly Arrest of Black Man

Huff Post  

This undated file photo provided by his family in September 2020 shows Ronald Greene. Body camera video obtained by The Associated Press shows Louisiana state troopers stunning, punching and dragging the Black man as he apologizes for leading them on a high-speed chase â footage authorities refused to release in the two years since the man died in police custody. …

‘I’m scared': AP obtains video of deadly arrest of Black man
3 years, 7 months ago

‘I’m scared': AP obtains video of deadly arrest of Black man

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana state troopers can be seen on a dark roadside stunning, punching and dragging a Black man as he apologizes for leading them on a high-speed chase — body camera video of the moments leading up to the man’s death that The Associated Press obtained after authorities refused to release it for two years. The 46-minute clip …

Video shows grisly death of Black man in police custody: AP
3 years, 7 months ago

Video shows grisly death of Black man in police custody: AP

Al Jazeera  

Body camera footage obtained by The Associated Press news agency shows Louisiana state troopers stunning, punching and dragging a Black man as he apologised for leading them on a high-speed chase during a deadly arrest. Greene wails “I’m sorry!” as another trooper delivers another stun gun shock to his backside and warns, “Look, you’re going to get it again if …

Black man’s family views graphic video of in-custody death
4 years, 2 months ago

Black man’s family views graphic video of in-custody death

Associated Press  

— Family members viewed long-secret body-camera video this week of a Black man who died in Louisiana State Police custody, their attorney calling it damning footage that shows troopers choking and beating the man, repeatedly jolting him with stun guns and dragging him face-down across the pavement. Greene’s family on Wednesday heard that exchange and a string of “abusive language” …

Audio from Louisiana trooper reportedly describing beating of Black man contradicts initial police account of his death
4 years, 2 months ago

Audio from Louisiana trooper reportedly describing beating of Black man contradicts initial police account of his death

CNN  

CNN — A Louisiana state trooper who died in a car wreck in September was heard on a recently released audio recording obtained by The Associated Press describing beating and choking a Black man. Lee Merritt, one of three attorneys representing the Greene family, told CNN Hollingsworth’s fatal crash happened the same day he received a notice of termination. Wrongful …

Trooper who faced firing in Black man’s death dies in crash
4 years, 3 months ago

Trooper who faced firing in Black man’s death dies in crash

Associated Press  

— A Louisiana state trooper has died following a single-vehicle highway crash that happened just hours after he learned he would be fired for his role last year in the in-custody death of a Black man. But Greene’s family alleges troopers used excessive force and “brutalized” him while taking him into custody. “When that happens,” he said, “the videos will …

Photos fuel concerns over in-custody death of La. Black man
4 years, 3 months ago

Photos fuel concerns over in-custody death of La. Black man

Associated Press  

Graphic photos that surfaced online this week appear to show deep bruises on the face of a Black man who died following a police chase in Louisiana last year, raising new questions about whether his injuries were caused by the crash that ended the chase or an ensuing struggle with state troopers. “We have to believe that, from Day One, …

Colorado reexamines Elijah McClain’s death in police custody
4 years, 5 months ago

Colorado reexamines Elijah McClain’s death in police custody

Associated Press  

DENVER — The Colorado governor on Thursday ordered prosecutors to reopen the investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man put into a chokehold by police who stopped him on the street in suburban Denver last year because he was “being suspicious.” Gov. In the video, the officer turns McClain around and repeats, “Stop tensing up.” As …

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