SHREVEPORT, La. — A recently retired Louisiana State Trooper is expected to plead guilty on Monday for his role in the death of Ronald Greene five years ago, according to the Times-Picayune.
They report District Attorney John Belton reached an agreement with former Trooper Kory York's attorneys.
York faces eight counts of malfeasance in office. Last month, Belton's office dismissed a negligent homicide count against York.
Body-camera video shows York dragging Greene by his ankle shackles and forcing him to lie face down before he stopped breathing.
He is seen on video pressing Greene’s body to the ground for several minutes and repeatedly ordering him to “shut up” and “lay on your f------ belly like I told you to!” Use-of-force experts say that type of prone restraint could have dangerously restricted Greene’s breathing, and the state police’s own force instructor described the troopers’ actions as “torture and murder.”
Greene was also beaten and tased by other officers.
It happened after Greene crashed his car during a chase back in 2019. State police originally said Greene died due to injuries from the crash.
Greene’s May 2019 death sparked national outrage and was among several beatings of Black men by Louisiana troopers that prompted the U.S. Justice Department to open an ongoing civil rights investigation into the state police.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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