USA Today: “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.
“I’m your brother! I’m scared! I’m scared!” Ronald Greene told the troopers. The unarmed man was jolted with a stun gun before he got out of his car.
The arrest outside Monroe in 2019 is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. Unlike other in-custody deaths after which body camera video was released almost immediately, Greene’s case has been shrouded in secrecy.
Louisiana officials rebuffed calls to release footage and details about the 49-year-old’s death. Troopers initially told Greene’s family he died on impact after crashing into a tree during the chase. Later, state police released a one-page statement acknowledging that Greene struggled with troopers and died on his way to the hospital.
In footage obtained by the AP from one trooper’s body camera, the public can see for the first time some of what happened during the arrest.
The 46-minute clip shows one trooper wrestling Greene to the ground, putting him in a chokehold and punching him in the face.”