Black man's family views graphic video of in-custody death
Source: Associated Press
JIM MUSTIAN and MELINDA DESLATTE,
Associated Press
Oct. 15, 2020
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 6:49 p.m.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — 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.
Ronald Greene's mother and sister wailed “like they were at a funeral” Wednesday after meeting with Gov. John Bel Edwards and watching a half-hour of the footage of the May 2019 encounter that is now the subject of a federal civil rights investigation, their attorney told The Associated Press.
“This family has been lied to the entire time about what happened,” said civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, who also viewed the footage. “The video was very difficult to watch. It’s one of those videos like George Floyd and even Ahmaud Arbery where it’s just so graphic."
The video, which police have refused to release publicly, only added to persistent questions about Greene’s death, such as why State Police initially blamed it on a car crash and why they waited more than a year to discipline one of the responding officers. Master Trooper Chris Hollingsworth died in a single-car crash last month just hours after learning he had been fired over his role in the incident.
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Family members of Ronald Greene listen to speakers as demonstrators gather for the March on Washington, in Washington, on the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech on Aug. 28, 2020. Michael M. Santiago—Pool/AP
Sean Greene at the Lincoln Memorial on the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington last month. His brother, Ronald Greene, died after leading troopers on a high-speed chase in Louisiana last year.Credit...Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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