$4.8M settlement reached over Louisiana traffic stop death, AP sources say
The agreement would resolve a federal wrongful death lawsuit after video showed officers using stun guns, punches and a chokehold on the unarmed motorist.
- Louisiana officials reached a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died during a violent 2019 roadside arrest by five Louisiana State Police troopers outside Monroe, The Associated Press reported.
- After initially claiming Greene died from crashing into a tree, video footage obtained by The Associated Press showed troopers used stun guns on the unarmed man, punched and kicked him, then dragged him facedown without providing aid.
- The agreement now awaits approval by the Louisiana Legislature to resolve the federal wrongful death lawsuit, while federal prosecutors declined to bring criminal charges against the involved troopers last year.
- State Police spokesperson Capt. Russell Graham said the agency cannot comment on settlement terms because the process remains unfinalized, while Greene's mother, Mona Hardin, did not immediately return messages seeking comment Tuesday.
- The Justice Department found the State Police engaged in a pattern of excessive force during January 2025's final days under President Joe Biden, though the administration under President Donald Trump later rescinded those findings.
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Louisiana to Pay $4.85M Over Ronald Greene's Death: Sources
Louisiana will pay nearly $5 million to the family of a Black motorist whose 2019 death in state police custody sparked national outrage and a federal civil rights probe, the Guardian reports. The $4.85 million settlement, reached in mediation Tuesday, resolves a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the daughter of...
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$4.8M settlement reached over Louisiana traffic stop death, AP sources say
An agreement says a tentative $4.85 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over the death of a Black man who was punched, kicked and stunned by five white Louisiana State Police troopers during a roadside arrest.
Louisiana State Police agrees to pay $4.8M in Ronald Greene wrongful death settlement, sources say
Almost seven years to the day after the death of Ronald Greene during an arrest by Louisiana State Police, the agency agreed Tuesday to pay $4.8 million to settle a wrongful death case, said a source familiar with the negotiations.
Louisiana State Police agrees to pay nearly $5M settlement in Ronald Greene wrongful death case, reports say
FARMERVILLE — Louisiana State Police has agreed to pay a $4.8 million settlement in a wrongful death case surrounding the 2019 fatal arrest of Ronald Greene, according to NOLA.com.
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