A judge has delivered a victory to the state prosecution of white Louisiana lawmen in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene. The ruling Monday by Judge Thomas Rogers allows the most serious charge of negligent homicide to go forward against a trooper captured on body-camera video dragging Greene by his ankle shackles. Rogers rejected Master Trooper Kory York’s request to toss counts of negligent homicide and malfeasance after prosecutors allowed a use-of-force expert to consider
FILE - 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.
Master Trooper Kory York had sought dismissal of the negligent homicide and malfeasance charges against him after prosecutors acknowledged an extraordinary oversight in which they improperly allowed a use-of-force expert to review statements York made during an internal affairs inquiry. Such compelled interviews may be used to discipline officers administratively but are specifically shielded from use in criminal cases.
One trooper can be seen striking Greene in the head and later boasting, “I beat the ever-living f--- out of him.” That trooper,, was widely considered the most culpable of the half-dozen officers involved, but he died in a high-speed, single-vehicle crash in 2020, hours after he was informed he would be fired for his role in Greene’s arrest.
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