Three years after motorist Ronald Greene died at the hands of Louisiana State Police following a traffic stop, the Department of Justice has announced it will launch a civil rights investigation into the behavior of the department to determine whether officers have been targeting black residents for abusive treatment.
Greene died in 2019 following a high-speed chase with Louisiana State Police outside Monroe. The chase ended with Greene crashing his car. Police told Greene's family that he had died as a result of injuries in the crash. But Greene's family discovered that his car was not seriously damaged, the medical report claimed he died of a heart attack, and a doctor documented that Greene's injuries included prongs from a stun gun in his back, even though police did not say anything about a fight with cops. The family realized that things didn't add up, and the police were not cooperating.
