Ronald Greene’s mother is urging Louisiana lawmakers to hold state troopers accountable for her son’s deadly 2019 arrest. Body-camera video showed white officers punching, stunning and dragging the Black motorist.
Mona Hardin holds the boxed ashes of her son, Ronald Greene, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. On Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, Hardin chastised Louisiana lawmakers 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, “sugar coated” and mired in bureaucracy.
Hardin’s testimony underscored the tension building in Louisiana as federal and state prosecutors prepare to seek the first criminal charges in the case. “All the dots are connected,” Hardin told the Senate Select Committee on State Police Oversight. “Ronnie’s not the first. Ronnie’s not the last. But why do we have to sugarcoat the murder of a man just to get people off the hook?”
During one heated exchange, Fields raised the specter of summoning Clary from his home. “How far does he live from here?” the Democratic lawmaker asked.York and Clary remain in the crosshairs of both federal and state prosecutors, and their attorneys advised them against appearing Monday.
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