Ronald green's family filed a lawsuit claiming that the louisiana state police brutalized him and left him beaten, boodied and cardiac arresd after this chase. They commissioned an independent autopsy, and believe police azed and beat green to death. And say troopers have refused multiple requests to release the officer's body camvidio.
Body cameras were supposed to bring greater transparency to law enforcement. The case of Ronald Greene suggests police departments are still learning how to use, and even abuse, a new tool.
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