Prosecutor considering charges for troopers in Ronald Greene’s death
Ronald Greene, a 49-year-old Black man from Monroe, died in 2019 after a car crash and being beaten by State Police troopers. (Louisiana State Police Bodycam video via the Associated Press.)
Third District Attorney John Belton told a House committee Thursday that he will convene a grand jury to consider charges against the state troopers involved in the death of Ronald Greene.
Greene, a black motorist, died after a violent encounter with State Police in which he was beaten, tased and dragged while shackled after a high-speed chase that ended in a crash outside Monroe.
“It was the …