Louisiana judge tosses some charges against officers in deadly arrest of Black driver Ronald Greene

By JIM MUSTIAN
Associated Press

A state judge has thrown out obstruction of justice charges against two of the five Louisiana lawmen indicted in the fatal 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, a death authorities initially blamed on a car crash before long suppressed body-camera video showed the white officers beating, stunning and dragging the Black motorist. While the rulings this week marked a setback for the prosecution, they did not affect the most serious charges, including negligent homicide against a trooper seen in the graphic footage dragging Greene by his ankle shackles and leaving him prone on the ground for more than nine minutes.