Five Louisiana law enforcement officers have been charged with crimes in connection with the 2019 death in police custody of Black driver Ronald Greene after a grand jury in Union Parish indicted them Thursday evening.
The big picture: The charges range from negligent homicide to malfeasance and are the first to be filed over Greene's death, which followed a high-speed chase near the city of Monroe, AP notes. Bodycam footage obtained by AP last year appeared to show Louisiana state troopers placing him in a chokehold and punching him during his arrest.
