By JIM MUSTIAN, Associated Press
MONROE, La. (AP) â 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 effort came despite the footage showing troopers stunning, punching and dragging the unarmed man â and one trooper s admission that he bashed him in the head with a flashlight, a use of deadly force not previously reported.
AP: Police clung to crash theory in Black man s fatal arrest
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Police clung to crash theory in Black man s fatal arrest
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