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Louisiana police settle for $4.85 million with daughter of Black motorist killed during 2019 arrest

Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 06:27 · 1 min read

Louisiana's state police and a local sheriff's office have agreed to pay $4.85 million to Tayla Greene, daughter of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died after being stunned, punched, and dragged by officers during a 2019 traffic stop near Monroe, Louisiana. Body-camera footage, withheld for two years before being published in 2021, contradicted the initial police claim that Greene, 49, died from a crash, showing troopers swarming him as he pleaded for his life. The settlement, reached through mediation and still subject to state legislative approval, is among the most significant legal outcomes from the case, which resulted in only misdemeanor battery convictions for two of the five white officers originally indicted.

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The GuardianLouisiana police to pay $4.85m to daughter of Black motorist who died at officers’ hands in 2019 ↗︎
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