Ronald Greene.Photo: Family Photo
The mother ofRonald Greene, a Black man who died in police custody in 2019 after allegedly pleading for his life, called her son’s fatal encounter with police “evil.”
Mona Hardin toldCNNSaturday that authorities had shown her footage of the arrest earlier but the footage had no sound.
“What I did see was him, he was behind the steering wheel and the film footage was from the passenger door looking in, and he was attacked from thereon,” she said. “What I saw was that he was not meant to leave alive. He was going to be killed.”
Mona Hardin.Dorthy Ray/AP/Shutterstock
Greene was pronounced dead at a hospital after medics who responded to the scene on May 10, 2019, found him unresponsive.
Lee Merritt, an attorney for Greene’s family, called the incident “a malicious attack on the side of the road on a fully surrendered man,” Merritt toldThe Washington Postlast week.
No one has been charged in connection with Greene’s death. One of the troopers involved, Chris Hollingsworth, died last fall in a car crash, state police spokesman Lt. Melissa Matey confirmed to PEOPLE; another, Kory York, was suspended after Greene’s death but has since been restored to active duty.
According to AP, the video from the officers' body camera captured troopers punching and dragging Greene at the end of a high-speed chase outside of Monroe.
“I’m your brother! I’m scared! I’m scared!” the unarmed Greene is heard saying to the white troopers, who repeatedly jolt him with a stun gun even as he remains inside his vehicle, according to the video.
“The 46-minute clip shows one trooper wrestling Greene to the ground, putting him in a chokehold and punching him in the face while another can be heard calling him a ‘stupid motherf—–,'” reports the AP.
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In further describing the video, the outlet reports: “Greene wails ‘I’m sorry!’ as another trooper delivers another stun gun shock to his backside and warns, ‘Look, you’re going to get it again if you don’t put your f—— hands behind your back!’ Another trooper can be seen briefly dragging the man facedown after his legs had been shackled and his hands cuffed behind him.”
Greene was then left facedown for more than nine minutes, while officers cleaned blood from their hands and faces using sanitary wipes.
“I hope this guy ain’t got f—— AIDS,” one of the troopers is overheard saying on the video.
Renee Smith, the Union Parish coroner, told the AP that Greene’s death was ruled accidental and was attributed to cardiac arrest.
His family had been told he died in the car accident, reports thePost.
source: people.com
