CW: Police violence
Today @AP published video that shows LA police killing Ronald Greene in May 2019.
Police told Mr. Greene's family he died in a car accident.
In fact, they choked, beat, kicked & tased him as they dragged him face-down along the road.apnews.com/article/us-new…
Today @AP published video that shows LA police killing Ronald Greene in May 2019.
Police told Mr. Greene's family he died in a car accident.
In fact, they choked, beat, kicked & tased him as they dragged him face-down along the road.apnews.com/article/us-new…
As in the case of Andrew Brown, the state refused to released bodycam footage of the murder, and only showed it to the family months after the killing.
It still has not been released, two years later. @AP obtained the video independently. apnews.com/article/john-b…
It still has not been released, two years later. @AP obtained the video independently. apnews.com/article/john-b…
When police took Mr. Greene to the hospital after he died, they told the emergency room doctor he had been in a fight after the car accident, but the doctor found taser prongs still in his back. apnews.com/article/louisi…
Last year, @AP obtained audio recordings of the bodycam mic from the night of the murder, in which the police use slurs to refer to Mr. Greene and also admit beating and choking him.
apnews.com/article/us-new…
apnews.com/article/us-new…
One of the police officers who killed Mr. Greene has died. One other was suspended for 50 hours (!) as discipline for his role in the murder. apnews.com/article/arrest…
The federal Department of Justice announced an investigation into the case in September 2020, but since then there have not been any updates. apnews.com/article/lawsui…
Other than @AP, which has done amazing investigative work on this case, it has garnered little national attention.
I am not sure whether the publication of the bodycam footage today will change that, but I very much hope so.
I am not sure whether the publication of the bodycam footage today will change that, but I very much hope so.
Correction: I said the family were able to view the body cam footage months after police killed Mr. Greene. In fact it was in October 2020, a year and a half later.
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