A Louisiana grand jury began hearing evidence Monday in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene.
stunning, striking and dragging the Black motorist by his ankle shackles following a high-speed chase.
“The goalposts moved,” Belton said, adding he long expected the U.S. Justice Department to bring civil rights charges in the case. “I had to balance it because I promised the feds I wouldn’t pursue any charges pending their investigation — but I promised the family I’d seek justice.” All the while, the body-camera footage remained so secret it was withheld from Greene’s initial autopsy. Gov. John Bel Edwards declined repeated requests to release the videos, citing the ongoing investigations, before AP published them.racist
“I don’t even understand how you can look your troopers in the face. They continue to have a badge, they continue to have a paycheck,” Greene’s mother, Mona Hardin, told lawmakers Monday. “What happened to Ronnie was murder.”The state and federal investigations have been complicated by the untimely death of Chris Hollingsworth, a state trooper who admittedand was recorded saying he “beat the ever-living f―- out of” Greene.
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