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Ronald Greene died during an arrest made by state police near Monroe.
At first, state police initially said, it was caused by a single-car crash following a high-speed chase.
Evidence soon emerged Greene died as a result of injuries suffered during his arrest.
Louisiana investigator wanted to arrest cop after Greene s death, top brass blocked it
In records obtained by the USA Today Network, Louisiana State Police investigator Albert Paxton wrote that he was blocked from charging an officer who beat Greene during the May 2019 arrest by the department s leadership, including former Superintendent Col. Kevin Reeves.
According to Paxton s notes, Master Trooper Chris Hollingsworth turned off his body camera before the arrest and beating that led to Greene s death, an act Paxton wrote should have triggered charges against the long-time trooper.
Until recently, State Police maintained Greene died as a result of a crash from a police chase. Troopers were in pursuit of Greene and the chase ended when Greene wrecked. Although, body camera showed later Greene was alive when he was detained after the chase and was heard talking to troopers. I m sorry, he said at times. And, I m scared.
Troopers are seen in body camera video tasing Greene and beating him.
Paxton, the state trooper investigating the case, noted even the then head of State Police, Col. Kevin Reeves, was shocked at what was seen on the body camera video. Paxton made a note that Reeves called Greene s death awful but lawful.
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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…