The officers were charged with state crimes from negligent homicide to malfeasance in the 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. Authorities initially blamed his death on a car crash.
The officers in Louisiana face criminal charges in the deadly arrest of Ronald Greene after a high-speed chase. Bodycam video showed officers brutally beating the Black driver.
These are the first charges to emerge from a death authorities initially blamed on a car crash. Long suppressed body-camera video showed white officers beating, stunning and dragging Ronald Greene.
Five Louisiana law enforcement officers have been charged with state crimes for their roles in the 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, whose death authorities
The charges in the death of Ronald Greene are the first to emerge in a case that has mobilized activists and drawn widespread scrutiny of the Louisiana State Police.
Experts say the most dangerous and troubling parts of Greene's arrest came after the struggle, when officers left him facedown on the ground with his hands and feet restrained for more than nine minutes.
Authorities initially blamed Greene's death on a car crash, before long suppressed body-camera video showed White officers beating, stunning and dragging the Black motorist as he wailed, "I'm scared!"
