LA - Ronald Greene Beat to Death During Traffic Stop - 5 Officers Charged - Union Parish, 2019

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Louisiana officers charged in 2019 death of unarmed Black motorist

Story by By Tim Reid • Yesterday 10:15 PM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A grand jury indicted five Louisiana law enforcement officers on Thursday on charges ranging from negligent homicide to malfeasance for their role in the death of unarmed Black motorist Ronald Greene while making an arrest in 2019.

Greene, 49, died in May 2019 on a roadside in rural northern Louisiana after a violent confrontation with officers that followed a high-speed car chase.

Officials initially said Greene had died driving his car but body-camera footage that was eventually made public revealed the white officers dragging and beating Greene who was screaming in fear.

The most serious charges were leveled against Louisiana State Police Master Trooper Kory York, who can be seen in the video footage dragging Greene by his ankles and leaving him face down for over nine minutes. York was charged with negligent homicide and 10 counts of malfeasance.

Greene's death further fueled a national debate over police brutality, especially against Black men. One officer also shocked him with a stun gun.

Footage also showed Greene leading police on a high-speed chase, then crashing his car. An autopsy showed that he had alcohol and cocaine in his system and suffered multiple injuries from the crash as well as injuries from the physical struggle with officers.

 

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5 Louisiana law officers indicted in 2019 beating death of Black motorist Ronald Greene

Well over three years after Louisiana state troopers beat an unarmed Ronald Greene and forced him prone on his belly on a dark roadside north of Monroe in 2019 until

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A grand jury meeting at Farmerville in north Louisiana charged Master Trooper Kory York with one count of negligent homicide and 10 counts of malfeasance. [snip] In addition to York from the State Police: [Lt. John] Clary is accused of one count of malfeasance and one count of obstruction; [Trooper Dakota] DeMoss is accused of one count of obstruction of justice; and retired Capt. John Peters, a former Troop F commander, is accused of one count of obstruction. Union Parish Deputy Chris Harpin was charged with three counts of malfeasance in office.

Five Louisiana officers charged over 2019 death of Ronald Greene

Kory York, John Clary, Dakota DeMoss, John Peters and Christopher Harpin were all named in the indictment. Authorities initially blamed the death of Ronald Greene, 49, on a car crash.

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Another trooper, Chris Hollingsworth, who said: 'I beat the ever-living f*** out of him,' and was seen striking Greene on camera, died in a high-speed, single-vehicle crash in 2020 just hours after he was informed he would be fired over his role in the arrest.

 

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ACLU wants officers indicted in Greene case out

All five law enforcement officers indicted in the slaying of Ronald Greene should be terminated and decertified, the ACLU says

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Date set for Federal Civil Rights Trial in the case of Ronald Greene

On May 10, 2019, Ronald Greene, 49, died after an encounter with Louisiana State Police following a high-speed chase in Union Parish.

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Last week, on Dec. 15, five officers were charged in connection to their fatal encounter with Greene. Haley says that as far as the criminal case involving the officers, the five have until Tuesday to turn themselves in. At which point, they will be given a chance to make bond. A trial date for that case has not been set.

When referring to the pending Civil trial, Haley told Z105.9, “We learned late yesterday evening that we’ve finally been given a trial date on the civil rights case…The jury trial in the case of Ronald Greene, the civil one, is set to go to court June 17, 2024.”