Louisiana police to pay $4.85m to daughter of Black motorist killed by stun gun

Louisiana’s state police and a local sheriff’s office have agreed to pay $4.85m to the daughter of Ronald Greene , a Black motorist who was fatally shocked with a stun gun, punched and dragged during a 2019 arrest. The settlement agreement was reached during a mediation that concluded on Tuesday evening, according to a source with direct knowledge of the talks. It is one of the more substantial legal outcomes for a death that otherwise yielded only misdemeanor convictions for two of the officers involved. Neither spokespeople for Louisiana governor Jeff Landry nor the state’s attorney general, Liz Murrill, could immediately be reached for comment. An attorney for Greene’s daughter, Tayla, could not immediately be reached either. Police body-worn camera footage of Greene’s death outside the Louisiana community of Monroe, withheld for two years but published by the Associated Press in 2021, showed troopers swarming Greene even as he evidently raised his hands, pleaded for mercy and wailed: “I’m your brother! I’m scared! I’m scared!” Troopers repeatedly shocked Greene with stun guns before he could get out of the car that day of 10 May 2019. One wrestled him to the ground, put him in a chokehold and punched him in the face while another insulted him as a “stupid motherfucker”. Troopers then ordered a shackled Greene to remain on the ground with his face down, which experts said may have dangerously restricted his breathing. …