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In this Saturday, May 23, 2020 image from Louisiana State Police body camera video, Trooper Dakota DeMoss approaches motorist Antonio Harris lying on the ground on the side of a road after a high speed chase in Franklin Parish, La. In February 2024, Louisiana prosecutors have quietly dismissed charges against state police troopers who were recorded beating Harris and hoisting him to his feet by his hair braids before bragging in text messages that the “whoopin’” would give the man “nightmares for a long time.” (Dakota DeMoss/Louisiana State Police via AP)

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Prosecutors dismiss charges against Louisiana troopers who bragged of beating a Black motorist
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Fri,02/09/24-1:41PM , 164 Reads
Louisiana prosecutors have quietly dismissed charges against state police troopers who were recorded beating a Black motorist and hoisting him to his feet by his hair braids before bragging in text messages that the “whoopin’” would give the man “nightmares for a long time.”
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FILE — This image taken from video from Louisiana state trooper Lt. John Clary's body-worn camera shows trooper Kory York standing over Ronald Greene on his stomach on May 10, 2019, outside of Monroe, La. On Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, a state police spokesman said Clary, the ranking trooper at the scene of Greene's in-custody death, will return to active duty. (Lt. John Clary/Louisiana State Police via AP, File)

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Louisiana State Police reinstate trooper accused of withholding video in Black man's deadly arrest
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Mon,12/18/23-4:17PM , 153 Reads
The Louisiana State Police have reinstated a veteran trooper who had been accused of withholding graphic body-camera video showing another officer dragging Black motorist Ronald Greene by his ankle shackles during his deadly 2019 arrest.
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In this image from video from Louisiana state police state trooper Dakota DeMoss' body-worn camera, trooper Kory York bends over with his foot on Ronald Greene's shoulder after he was taken into custody on May 10, 2019, outside of Monroe, La. On Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, a judge delivered a victory to the state prosecution of white Louisiana lawmen in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, allowing the most serious charge of negligent homicide to go forward against York, captured on video dragging the Black motorist by his ankle shackles and forcing him to lie facedown in the dirt. (Louisiana State Police via AP, File)

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Trooper accused of withholding body-camera video agrees to testify in deadly arrest of Black driver
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Wed,11/01/23-1:12PM , 77 Reads
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Louisiana state trooper accused of withholding graphic body-camera footage that shows another officer dragging Black motorist Ronald Greene by his ankle shackles during his deadly 2019 arrest.
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In this image from video from Louisiana state police state trooper Dakota DeMoss' body-worn camera, trooper Kory York bends over with his foot on Ronald Greene's shoulder after he was taken into custody on May 10, 2019, outside of Monroe, La. On Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, a judge delivered a victory to the state prosecution of white Louisiana lawmen in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, allowing the most serious charge of negligent homicide to go forward against York, captured on video dragging the Black motorist by his ankle shackles and forcing him to lie facedown in the dirt. (Louisiana State Police via AP, File)

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Judge upholds most serious charges in deadly arrest of Black driver Ronald Greene
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Mon,10/09/23-5:09PM , 102 Reads
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