Police told his family he died in a car crash. Video footage shows he died in their custody

Body-camera video shows Ronald Greene was stunned, punched and dragged by police, proving their narrative was largely false

Police told the family of Ronald Greene that the 49-year-old Black man died after his car crashed into a tree during a police pursuit in May 2019, and in the two years that followed refused to publicly release body-camera footage of the incident.

Until this week, when the Associated Press published video that showed Louisiana state troopers had instead stunned, punched and dragged Greene as he apologized for leading them on a high-speed chase.