
Audio from Louisiana trooper reportedly describing beating of Black man contradicts initial police account of his death
CNN
A Louisiana state trooper who died in a car wreck in September was heard on a recently released audio recording obtained by The Associated Press describing beating and choking a Black man. According to his family, police initially said the man, Ronald Greene, died from injuries sustained in a car accident after a police chase in 2019.
Ronald Greene died after struggling with law enforcement following a pursuit ended in a crash on May 10, 2019, according to a preliminary report from the criminal investigations division of the Louisiana State Patrol (LSP). In the 27-second audio clip, the voice identifed by the AP as Trooper Chris Hollingsworth said Greene suddenly "went limp" as he was being beaten and choked by troopers. CNN has not independently confirmed the audio or its source.
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