A very good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. Its thursday, may 20th. There are disturbing new revelations about the death Of A Black Man in Police Custody two years ago. A lawyer for the family of Ronald Green says they were initially told that he crashed his car while being pursued by Louisiana State troopers in 2019. Now Body Camera Footage has emerged and shows green being tased, kicked and dragged by the officers before his death. The case is now the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. Ryan young joins us live now to explain exactly the timeline of what happened and what we were told about what happened, ryan. Lets also not forget this video was leaked. It was not officially released. So weve never seen the full tape so far. And if you think about it, the family has been in limbo the last two years. Im scared reporter Terrifying Pleas from Ronald Green after a highspeed chase led to a deadly confrontation with Louisiana State police ju
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Greene became unresponsive shortly after and died on his way to the hospital. But new video reveals a more disturbing confrontation. In Body Cam Video obtained by The Associated Press, troopers can be seen repeatedly punching greene after appearing to drag him out of his vehicle. Taser, taser, taser. Put your hands behind your back. Troopers tase greene multiple times as hes Face Down on the ground while they attempt to handcuff him. Another trooper appears to kick greene. The associated press released three segments of the original video, which says is 46 minutes long. Only two of the clips have sawedio. Cnn has never reviewed or obtained the original audio. Lee meritt, an attorney for the Greene Family. What it tells us about police brutality, its a team sport. Reporter 2019 Police Report says they attempted to pull greene over for unspecified traffic violations. Two investigative officers wouldnt tell his mother why they were chasing greene. The lack of transparency on behalf of aut
good morning, everyone. and welcome to your new day. i m amara walker in for christi paul. and i m boris sanchez. right now, president biden is meeting with world leaders at the g7 in england, as biden sells his america is back message to allies. it s his meeting with the world leaders that is not in attendance that is looming large over the summit. as vaccinations among children rise, there are new questions over just how soon kids should be vaccinated. and a new study showing a possible link between vaccines and heart issues in children. plus, forced into hiding. how georgia s secretary of state, a repeat target of president trump s election lies, felt the need to go into hiding after facing death threats and break-ins. and a major heat wave is building across parts of the country with more than 20 million under heat alerts, where temperatures will soar well into triple digits. good morning. and welcome to your new day. it is saturday, june 12th. we are gl
Fm. And new progress in the signs against coronavirus for you. Welcome to your saturday morning. I hope the weekend is going all right for you so far. 6 00 a. M. Its early, i know,know, boris. You know. Always a pleasure to see you, christi. All right. For the first time, were seeing all the videos the Louisiana State police say they have and it shows pretty horrific moments of Ronald Greenes life, two years after his death in their custody. And we should warn you, the videos are incredibly disturbing and difficult to watch. But they are our clearest look yet how troopers tased, kicked and dragged greene, even as hes heard apologizing and saying hes scared and calling out to jesus at different points during the encounter. We also for the first time have heard Radio Transmissions from the preceding police chase. Heres one clip from the final moments of that chase, listen. 46, we got to do something. He could have killed somebody, he is driving on the wrong side of the road. At no point