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AP: Louisiana police unit probed over Black driver arrests
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Screenshot from bodycam footage from Lousiana State Trooper Lt. John Clary, who reportedly said such footage didn’t exist. (Screenshot from Louisiana State Police, Youtube)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The same Louisiana State Police unit whose troopers stunned, punched and dragged Ronald Greene on video during a deadly 2019 arrest is now under internal investigation by a secret panel over whether its officers are systematically targeting Black motorists for abuse.
The panel, whose existence was confirmed to The Associated Press by four people familiar with it, was set up in response to Greene’s death as well as three other violent stops of Black men: one who was punched, stunned and hoisted to his feet by his hair braids in a body-camera video obtained by the AP, another who was beaten after he was handcuffed, and yet another who was slammed 18 times with a flashl
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Louisiana State Police has confirmed that two troopers, one of whom was involved in the deadly arrest of Ronald Greene, have been fired.
A police spokesman confirmed Wednesday that troopers Dakota DeMoss and George Harper were fired Friday, June 4 in connection with the May 2020 arrest of Antonio Harris in Richland Parish.
Greene was arrested after a chase in May, 2019 and died in police custody. Police originally claimed Greene died as a result of his car crashing, but video of the incident showed Greene being beaten after being arrested.
According to Associated Press, Harris sped away from a traffic stop and led troopers through rural Richland Parish at speeds topping 150 mph before his car was finally stopped with a spike strip.