Louisiana officers charged in Black motorist's deadly arrest (Ronald Greene murder)

[Nevilledog]

https://apnews.com/article/crime-louisiana-john-bel-edwards-law-enforcement-966625e9316f0960d4c1728823a36b63

FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — Five Louisiana law enforcement officers were charged Thursday with state crimes ranging from negligent homicide to malfeasance in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, a death authorities initially blamed on a car crash before long suppressed body-camera video showed white officers beating, stunning and dragging the Black motorist as he wailed, “I’m scared!”

These are the first criminal charges of any kind to emerge from Greene’s bloody death on a roadside in rural northeast Louisiana, a case that got little attention until an Associated Press investigation exposed a cover-up and prompted scrutiny of top Louisiana State Police brass, a sweeping U.S. Justice Department review of the agency and a legislative inquiry looking at what Gov. John Bel Edwards knew and when he knew it.

“We’re all excited for the indictments but are they actually going to pay for it?” said Greene’s mother, Mona Hardin, who for more than three years has kept the pressure on state and federal investigators and vowed not to bury the cremated remains of her “Ronnie” until she gets justice. “As happy as we are, we want something to stick.”

Facing the most serious charges from a state grand jury was Master Trooper Kory York, who was seen on the body-camera footage dragging Greene by his ankle shackles, putting his foot on his back to force him down and leaving the heavyset man face down in the dirt for more than nine minutes. Use-of-force experts say these actions could have dangerously restricted Greene’s breathing, and the state police’s own force instructor called the troopers’ actions “torture and murder.” York was charged with negligent homicide and 10 counts of malfeasance in office.

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[Solomon]

1. And it continues. On and on and on and on...

Never stops.

[DFW]

2. I oppose the death penalty

Normally. But in this case, if the dirty cops were to receive as good as they gave, I think I’d make an exception. The ones who deliberately covered up the crime should all get at least a decade behind bars before parole is even discussed.

Few things bring my blood to a slow boil more than stories like these. As a Southerner, I know only too well that stories like this one are far from unique, and, often, far from exaggerated.

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[republianmushroom]

4. good

[Johnny2X2X]

5. Before cameras

This would have never been a case, just wouldn't have been another dead suspect that the police murdered and then lied about.

Just sickening and should be a wakeup call to everyone that the police have been murdering suspects for decades and as a matter of procedure for a very long time.

[Lunabell]

6. But, republicans swear there's no systemic racism!!

No, none at all.

Ronand Greene. Maybe with justice, you will finally rest in peace.

[ZonkerHarris]

7. All cops are bad

Until the “good cops“ get rid of the bad cops

[Genki Hikari]

8. One of my cousins

Went to school with Mona Hardin, the mother of the victim. He told my mom about this case a while back, and she told me because she thought I might have known Ronald. I didn't. I think he was 8 or 9 years younger, IIRC.

Just devastated at what happened to him, anyway, and I hope these PIGS go to jail for a good long time.

But it's Louisiana. Don't count on it.

[Demovictory9]

9. Good