NEW ORLEANS (AP) Louisiana state troopers were captured on body camera video stunning, punching and dragging a Black man as he apologized for leading them on a high-speed chase footage of the man’s last moments alive that The Associated Press obtained after authorities refused to release it for two years.
Ronald Greene, 49, died in May 2019 after a car chase with Louisiana troopers
Greene s family was initially told he died in a car crash near Monroe
Bodycam footage his mother was shown last year shows a violent arrest
Greene was tasered in his car, dragged out, tasered again and handcuffed
He tells the officers: Brother, I m scared as they scream obscenities at him
At one point Greene, handcuffed, is dragged by his feet, face down on ground
He was left on the ground for nine minutes as they cleaned his blood off them
A supervisor arrives and thanks the troopers for their good work
New video shows fatal arrest of Ronald Greene 03:30 (CNN)Newly released videos show the sequence of events that led to the death of Ronald Greene, a Black man, in Louisiana in 2019, offering a graphic account of an encounter with the state police that has drawn fresh attention this week.
Louisiana State Police (LSP) released the footage nine body camera and dash camera videos on Friday after portions of at least two videos were reported on by the Associated Press this week. Greene s death has been under investigation for two years.
The footage comes from cameras that were used by Lt. John Clary, Trooper Chris Hollingsworth, Trooper Kory York and Trooper Dakota DeMoss, who are White.
Video shows Black man being tased, kicked and dragged by troopers 03:31 (CNN)After Ronald Greene s fatal 2019 encounter with the Louisiana State Police, family members said police told them he died in an auto accident.
A preliminary investigative report later said that Greene actually died after resisting and struggling with law enforcement after the chase ended in a crash.
Now, more than two years later, body camera video obtained by the Associated Press shows what happened to Greene after the crash
on a dark road outside the northern Louisiana city of Monroe on May 10, 2019.
In three brief video clips posted by the news agency, Greene can be