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Black Caucus requests full investigation into Louisiana State Police 8 hours 10 minutes 37 seconds ago Tuesday, July 06 2021 Jul 6, 2021 July 06, 2021 4:20 PM July 06, 2021 in Top Story Source: WBRZ Share: BATON ROUGE- In the rotunda of the State Capitol Tuesday, members from the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus gathered to discuss a request to have the United States Department of Justice investigate Louisiana State Police. It comes after numerous stories filed by the WBRZ Investigative Unit that show cover-ups at the agency tied to Ronald Greene's death in police custody two years ago. Ini...

More than a year and a half after Louisiana state troopers were captured on body camera video brutalizing Black motorist Ronald Greene during his fatal arrest, police brass were still trying to blame his death on a car crash at the end of a high-speed chase. Police officials quietly commissioned a study late last year…

Louisiana police officials tried to blame Ronald Greene's death on a car crash even after seeing video of the Black man's violent arrest, records show.

By JIM MUSTIAN, Associated Press MONROE, La. (AP) — More than a year and a half after Louisiana state troopers were captured on body camera video brutalizing Black motorist Ronald Greene during his fatal arrest, police brass were still trying to blame his death on a car crash at the end of a high-speed chase. Police officials quietly commissioned a study late last year into the role the crash could have played in Greene's 2019 death, part of a behind-the-scenes bid to reduce the agency's legal liability, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press. The ef...