Justice Department “pattern and practice” probe of potential racial profiling by a nearly 1,000-trooper force that’s more than three-quarters white men. But he acknowledged it may not be enough to stave off growing calls for a U.S.
Davis has reorganized his staff, overhauled use-of-force policies and mandated all troopers attend training on intrinsic bias. Greene was jolted with stun guns, put in a chokehold and beaten by troopers, and his death is now the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. Lamar Davis, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, speaks about the agency's release of video involving the death of Ronald Greene, at a press conference in Baton Rouge, La. The graphic video kept secret for more than two years shows a trooper pummeling Bowman 18 times with a flashlight, an attack the trooper defended as "pain compliance." (Trooper Jacob Brown/Louisiana State Police via AP) Jacob Brown/AP Show More Show Less 8 of23 FILE - In this Friday, file photo, Col. (Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office via AP, File) AP Show More Show LessĦ of23 7 of23 FILE - In this Friday, image from Louisiana State Police Trooper Jacob Brown's body camera video obtained by The Associated Press, troopers hold down motorist Aaron Larry Bowman during a traffic stop. Jacob is the son of Bob Brown, who was a part of the state police’s top brass who would rise to second in command despite being reprimanded years earlier for calling Black colleagues the n-word and hanging a Confederate flag in his office. 10, 2020, file photo provided by the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office shows Louisiana State Police Trooper Jacob Brown.
Solis/AP Show More Show Less 2 of23 FILE - This Dec. As the Louisiana State Police reel from a sprawling federal investigation into the deadly 2019 arrest of Greene, a Black motorist, and other beating cases, dozens of current and former troopers tell The Associated Press of an entrenched culture at the agency of impunity, nepotism and in some cases outright racism. Hollingsworth died in a single-car crash hours after he learned he had been fired for his role in the in-custody death of Ronald Greene. 25, 2020 file photo, troopers gather during the burial services for Louisiana State Police Master Trooper Chris Hollingsworth in West Monroe, La.
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