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John Bel Edwards was notified of the circumstances of Ronald Greene’s death within hours of his deadly May 2019 arrest, according to text messages

Text messages obtained by The Associated Press show Louisiana's governor was informed within hours of the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene that troopers engaged in “a violent, lengthy struggle” that ended with the Black motorist’s death

Edwards was notified of the circumstances of Ronald Greene’s death within hours of his deadly May 2019 arrest.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat in a deep-red state, was immersed in a difficult reelection campaign when he received a text message from

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat in a deep-red state, was immersed in a difficult reelection campaign when he received

Edwards was notified of the circumstances of Ronald Greene’s death within hours of his deadly May 2019 arrest.

Edwards was notified of the circumstances of Ronald Greene’s death within hours of his deadly May 2019 arrest.

John Bel Edwards was notified of the circumstances of Ronald Greene’s death within hours of his deadly May 2019 arrest, according to text messages

BATON ROUGE(AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat in a deep-red state, was immersed in a difficult reelection campaign when he received a text message from the head of the state police: Troopers had engaged in “a violent, lengthy struggle” with a Black motorist, ending with the man’s death.

What the governor knew, when he knew it and what he did have become questions in a federal civil rights investigation of the deadly encounter.