‘No One Gives a Rat’s A–’: Family Reacts As Homicide Charges Dropped Against Louisiana Trooper Seen on Video Dragging Black Motorist, Pressing His Face Into Asphalt

Prosecutors last week dropped a negligent homicide charge against a Louisiana State Police trooper, one of the most serious counts remaining against several officers originally charged in the violent death of Black motorist Ronald Greene after a high-speed car chase and crash following an attempted traffic stop in Monroe, Louisiana, five years ago. After other officers tased Greene, pulled him out of his vehicle, put him in a chokehold, pepper-sprayed and beat him in May 2019, Master Trooper Kory York was seen on bodycam video dragging Greene by the leg shackles and holding him prone on the roadside, stepping on his back as his bloodied face was pressed into the asphalt. After Greene, a 49-year-old barber, went limp, the officers reportedly failed to render medical aid, and he died on the way to the hospital. Louisiana State Police troopers hold down Ronald Greene after a beating on May 10, 2019. (Photo: YouTube screenshot/WWLTV) In their initial reports, troopers blamed Greene’s death on the car crash, but emergency room staff said his extensive bodily and facial injuries and the minor damage to his SUV did not “add up” with that explanation. Law enforcement accounts were further called into question in 2021...