Joe Vanderbrook of Lafayette displays a sign during a rally to support Ronald Greene’s family at the State Capitol on Thursday, May 27, 2021.(Photo credit: Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)
Federal authorities released the findings of an investigation Thursday that revealed a pattern of unlawful conduct within the Louisiana State Police, including troopers’ use of excessive force, lack of accountability and other problems in “every corner of the state.”
The U.S. Department of Justice review was prompted by the May 2019 killing of Ronald Greene , a 49-year-old Black man, in police custody. He died while handcuffed and shackled face down on the side of a highway, pleading with the troopers and local deputy who beat him following a vehicle pursuit near Monroe…