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Ramon Antonio Vargas in Metairie, Louisiana

Louisiana police to pay $4.85m to daughter of Black motorist who died at officers’ hands in 2019

Two children wearing face masks hold signs with photos of Ronald Greene calling for justice and to stop police brutality
Family members of Ronald Greene listen to speakers as demonstrators gather for the March on Washington, in Washington DC, on 28 August 2020. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/AP

Louisiana’s state police and a local sheriff’s office have agreed to pay $4.85m to the daughter of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who was fatally shocked with a stun gun, punched and dragged during a 2019 arrest.

The settlement agreement was reached during a mediation that concluded on Tuesday evening, according to a source with direct knowledge of the talks. It is one of the more substantial legal outcomes for a death that otherwise yielded only misdemeanor convictions for two of the officers involved.

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