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Entities that i knew to be untrue by the department. so it just motivated me to -- to want to speak out and get this thing out in the media because, of course, i couldn't speak to my chain of command. i couldn't speak to the guys who were in the department because in my eyes and on paper it seems that they were part of the coverup. >> reporter: cavalier claims he has documented proof that excessive force on black motorists goes far beyond the troopers involved in green's death. he alleges black troopers and the state police are disciplined more severely compared to their white colleagues. we t...

Trooper cavalier for coming forward. i think it is what our nation is saying we want officers to step forward when they see something is wrong. i think it is what the community wants, and i think leaders of agencies are asking their officers to do that. apparently it didn't happen here, but there are some leaders now that are saying we've taken a step back with what is going on with trooper cavalier. >> it is interesting because he felt that he could not go to higher ups in the department because they were part of the problem, and he claims that the culture at state police there, that it is ra...

Earlier this year, still trying and attempting to place blame on a crash. in the death of ronald greene, there were things being put out to the family and other entities that i knew to be untrue by the department. so it just motivated me to want to speak out and get this thing out in the media because of course i couldn't speak to my chain of command. i couldn't speak to the guys who were in the department because in my eyes and on paper, it seems that they were part of the cover-up. >> reporter: cavalier claims he has documented proof that excessive force on black motorists goes far beyond th...

Hero. >> reporter: ron hailey is the attorney for ronald greene's family and is also one of cavalier's co-counsels. >> he is doing this because he feels like this is the right thing, that he feels that the oath that he swore when he became a louisiana state trooper, that he is still upholding that oath by putting the public before himself, by putting the public even before his department in the name of making that department better. >> reporter: the troopers involved in ronald greene's arrest have been disciplined, but so far none of them have been charged. trooper cavalier says he hopes his c...