AP: Trooper kicked, dragged Black man who died in custody
3 years, 9 months ago

AP: Trooper kicked, dragged Black man who died in custody

Associated Press  

A Louisiana State Police trooper has been suspended without pay for kicking and dragging a handcuffed Black man whose in-custody death remains unexplained and the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. Body camera footage shows Master Trooper Kory York dragging Ronald Greene “on his stomach by the leg shackles” following a violent arrest and high-speed pursuit, according to internal State Police records obtained by The Associated Press. The records are the first public acknowledgement by State Police that Greene was mistreated, and they confirm details provided last year by an attorney for Greene’s family who viewed graphic body camera footage of the May 2019 arrest and likened it the police killing of George Floyd. The AP last year published a 27-second audio clip from Hollingsworth’s body camera in which he can be heard telling a colleague, “I beat the ever-living f--- out of” Greene before he “all of a sudden he just went limp.” “It is now undisputed that Trooper York participated in the brutal assault that took Ronald Greene’s life,” said Mark Maguire, a Philadelphia civil rights attorney who represents Greene’s family.

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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 state trooper charged in pummeling of Black man
3 years, 3 months ago

Louisiana state trooper charged in pummeling of Black man

Associated Press  

A former Louisiana State Police trooper has been charged with a civil rights violation for pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — the first criminal case to emerge from federal investigations into troopers’ beatings of at least three Black men. Nick Manale, a state police spokesman, said Brown “engaged in excessive and unjustifiable actions and failed to …

Louisiana State Trooper Charged In Pummeling Of Black Man
3 years, 3 months ago

Louisiana State Trooper Charged In Pummeling Of Black Man

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A former Louisiana State Police trooper has been charged with a civil rights violation for pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — the first criminal case to emerge from federal investigations into troopers’ beatings of at least three Black men. A state police spokesman did not immediately respond to a text message requesting comment …

Louisiana police boss says he’s open to federal oversight
3 years, 3 months ago

Louisiana police boss says he’s open to federal oversight

Associated Press  

— The head of the Louisiana State Police said Friday he wants to know why 67% of his agency’s uses of force in recent years have been directed at Black people, and would welcome a U.S. Justice Department “pattern and practice” probe into potential racial profiling if that is deemed necessary. I don’t want to feel like I’m going to …

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 — …

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  

— The most violent videos languished for years, lost or ignored in a digital vault. “They’ve been getting away with this s--- for so long.” Recently, a federal investigation into Greene’s death was broadened to include allegations of obstruction of justice involving Louisiana State Police brass. VIDEO: In this March 2, 2019 video from police dashboard camera obtained by The …

Beatings And Buried Videos Are A Pattern With The Louisiana State Police
3 years, 3 months ago

Beatings And Buried Videos Are A Pattern With The Louisiana State Police

NPR  

Beatings And Buried Videos Are A Pattern With The Louisiana State Police Enlarge this image toggle caption Dakota DeMoss/Louisiana State Police via AP Dakota DeMoss/Louisiana State Police via AP MONROE, La. As the Louisiana State Police reel from the fallout of the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene — a case blown open this year by long-withheld video of troopers …

‘Pain compliance': Video shows trooper pummeling Black man
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Pain compliance': Video shows trooper pummeling Black man

Associated Press  

— Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — an attack the trooper defended as “pain compliance.” “I’m not resisting! The state police released a statement Wednesday saying that Jacob Brown, the white trooper who struck Bowman, “engaged in excessive and …

US: Video shows white Louisiana policeman pummelling Black man
3 years, 4 months ago

US: Video shows white Louisiana policeman pummelling Black man

Al Jazeera  

The May 2019 beating following a traffic stop left Black motorist Aaron Larry Bowman with a broken jaw, ribs, wrist and a gash to the head. Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a state police trooper from the US state of Louisiana pummelling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight – an attack …

Trooper Hits Black Motorist 18 Times With A Flashlight, Calling It 'Pain Compliance'
3 years, 4 months ago

Trooper Hits Black Motorist 18 Times With A Flashlight, Calling It 'Pain Compliance'

NPR  

Trooper Hits Black Motorist 18 Times With A Flashlight, Calling It 'Pain Compliance' Enlarge this image toggle caption Rogelio V. Solis/AP Rogelio V. Solis/AP MONROE, La. — Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — an attack the trooper defended as …

'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 …

‘Gonna be sore:' La. troopers boasted of beating Black man
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Gonna be sore:' La. troopers boasted of beating Black man

Associated Press  

Louisiana State Police troopers joked in a group text about beating a Black man after a high-speed chase last year, saying the “whoopin” would give the man “nightmares for a long time,” according to new court filings. “Warms my heart knowing we could educate that young man.” The May arrest of 29-year-old Antonio Harris — who authorities say was beaten …

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 …

AP: Trooper’s mic records talk of beating, choking Black man
4 years, 2 months ago

AP: Trooper’s mic records talk of beating, choking Black man

Associated Press  

In graphic, matter-of-fact chatter picked up on his body-camera mic, a Louisiana State trooper implicated in the death of a Black man can be heard talking of beating and choking him before “all of a sudden he just went limp.” “I beat the ever-living f--- out of him,” the trooper said in a 27-second audio clip obtained by The Associated …

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