What we see in the videos, they took pleasure in torturing my son. They took pleasure in hurting him, beating and killing him and letting him stay on the ground, putting him in shackles. What kind of a human . These are State Troopers. This is the behavior that the state of louisiana, they endorse, because these troopers for two years have not been dealt with. The case is now the subject of a federal civil Rights Investigation involving the fbi, the department of Justice And Attorney Generals Office. Cnns Randi Kay has a closer look at those videos and new Autopsy Photos obtained by cnn. We do want to warn you again, the video, the images youre about to see are very graphic and disturbing. Lord, jesus. Reporter the new video obtained by cnn is 30 minutes long and offers a different view from a Louisiana State Troopers Body Camera than the video obtained earlier by the ap. It shows Ronald Greene, following a highspeed chase near monroe, louisiana, on the Ground Face down and struggling
Hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. outrage and frustration are mounting this morning. new video obtained by cnn shows the sequence of events that led to the death of ronald greene, a black man in police custody. a warning some of the images you are about to see are disturbing. okay, okay. louisiana state police just released this footage which includes nine different body cam and dash cam video clips. greene s death happened over two years ago. greene s family says police told them he died on impact in a car crash, but now his family says they believe police tried to cover up what really happened.
Developments after new video obtained by cnn shows events leading up to the death of ronald greene, a black man who was in louisiana state police custody when he died two years ago. joining me right now is ronald greene s mother and lee merit, an attorney representing greene s family. thank you so much to both of you. i know this is an incredibly difficult, emotional time. these videos are very difficult to watch. give me an idea of when state troopers told you that your son had died in a car crash, he was on his way to florida to reunite with his wife from monroe, louisiana. when they told you he died of a car crash, were you always suspicious? oh, yes, yes, because that was on the second or third day after he had gotten to louisiana and we were told that.
Arrived to the scene, three officers were covered in blood. it s important that we start to say their names, because these are actually active duty police officers. they re patrolling the streets of louisiana right now. these men you see brutalizing ronald greene, mocking him, cursing at him, pepper spraying him while he s in handcuffs, repeatedly tasing him, these men are still patrolling the streets right now. corey york is one of the officers involved, one of the troopers who used to splint to make sure that ronald greene stayed in a prone decision. da dakota demonths, and the third officer has since passed away. but these two officers are still needed to be held accountable. in addition to those men who were covered in blood at the time, the supervisors told them they did a good job. the supervisor john cleary said
reporter: the new video obtained by cnn is 30 minutes long and offers a different view from a louisiana state trooper s body camera than the video obtained earlier by the ap. it shows ronald greene, following a high-speed chase near monroe, louisiana, on the ground face down and struggling to turn over. don t you turn over. all right. don t you turn over. you lay on your belly. lay on your belly. yes, sir. okay, okay, sir. [ bleep ]. do you understand? yes, sir. reporter: greene apologizes and politely calls the officer sir , even as they continue to berate him. the video shows greene s legs shackled and his hands cuffed behind his back. when he cries out in pain, even calling on the lord jesus, the officers continue to restrain him. yeah, yeah. [ bleep ].