Car Crash Had Nothing to do w/Ronald Greene’s Injuries. Family Gets Money but No Justice after White LA Cops Brutally Beat Shackled Black Man to Death w/Fists, Boots, Flashlights, Dragged Him Facedown
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RONALD GREENE WAS A BLACK MAN WHO WAS TORTURED AND MURDERED BY WHITE TROOPERS IN LA. ON MAY 10, 2019, GREENE, WHO WAS UNARMED, DIED AFTER BEING ARRESTED BY LOUISIANA STATE POLICE FOLLOWING A HIGH-SPEED CHASE OUTSIDE MONROE, LOUISIANA. DURING THE ARREST, HE WAS STUNNED, PUNCHED, AND PLACED IN A CHOKEHOLD. HE WAS ALSO DRAGGED FACE DOWN WHILE HANDCUFFED AND SHACKLED, AND HE WAS LEFT FACE DOWN FOR AT LEAST NINE MINUTES. AT LEAST SIX WHITE TROOPERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE ARREST.
WHEN GREENE'S CORPSE WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL, POLICE TOLD DOCTORS THAT HIS CAR HAD RUN INTO A TREE, A STORY A DOCTOR SAID "DOES NOT ADD UP", GIVEN THE NATURE OF GREENE'S INJURIES AND THE FACT THAT THERE WERE TWO STUN-GUN PROBES LODGED IN HIS BODY; POLICE LATER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT GREENE HAD DIED DURING A STRUGGLE, THOUGH WITHOUT MENTIONING ANY USE OF FORCE BY OFFICERS. ALTHOUGH AUTHORITIES REFUSED TO RELEASE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE FOR TWO YEARS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OBTAINED AND PUBLISHED A PORTION OF IT IN MAY 2021. [MORE]
From [HERE] Officials in Louisiana have agreed to a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died following a violent 2019 roadside arrest involving five white police officers, AP reported citing people familiar with the agreement.
The proposed settlement would resolve a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed by Greene’s family after his murder by unaccountable white police officers.
In 2021 after the Associated Press obtained and released body-camera and surveillance footage showing officers from the Louisiana State Police repeatedly punching, kicking and using stun guns on Greene during the arrest near the city of Monroe.
The footage contradicted the official account of the incident.
The settlement agreement still requires approval from the Louisiana Legislature before becoming final.
Federal prosecutors declined charges
Despite the graphic footage and public criticism, federal prosecutors last year declined to file criminal charges against the troopers involved in Greene’s arrest and death. The case was also a low priority to Joe Biden’s DOJ who took no action during his 4 year term.
For nearly two years after Greene’s death, authorities maintained that the 49-year-old died after crashing his vehicle into a tree following a high-speed police chase.
State police initially refused to release arrest footage, fuelling accusations of a cover-up.
However, video later obtained by the the news outlet showed Greene apologising to officers after the chase before being subjected to repeated force.
The footage showed officers using stun guns on the unarmed Greene, wrestling him to the ground and placing him in a chokehold.
Troopers were also seen punching Greene and dragging him face down while his hands were cuffed and his legs shackled.
According to reports, Greene was later left lying on the ground without immediate medical aid.
Traffic stop began over unspecified violation
Authorities never provided a basis for the traffic stop - which means the stop was unconstitutional because it violated the Black man’s so-called 4th Amendment rights to be free of unreasonable stops, searches, detentions and alleged “freedom.” The media, which is white owned and controlled enterprise that defends the system of authority, chose to characterize said 4th Amendment violation “as an unspecified traffic violation" before the encounter escalated into a pursuit and violent arrest.”[MORE]
