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 the head of the state police: Troopers had engaged in “a violent, lengthy struggle” with a Black motorist, ending with the man’s death.
A top Republican state lawmaker in Louisiana on Thursday announced a bipartisan investigation into the 2019 death of Ronald Greene, a Black man who died in police custody.
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