In 2019, five Louisiana state troopers were caught on camera tasing, beating, and dragging Black motorist Ronald Greene, who officers claimed died in a car crash after fleeing from them, omitting the fact that they violently attacked him while he was shackled from head to toe. In June, all five officers were charged in Greene’s death, but so far, only one has been convicted — if you can even call it that.
According to the Associated Press, now-former Officer Kory York, who retired from the State Troopers in August, pleaded no contest Monday to reduced charges, allowing him to avoid any jail time at all — as if he wasn’t partly responsible for an unarmed Black man’s violent death.
From AP:
Kory York had faced the most serious charges of five officers indicted in the case two years ago after body-camera video captured him dragging Greene by his ankle shackles and forcing him to lie cuffed and facedown before he stopped breathing.
But instead of the original felony charges of negligent homicide and malfeasance, York pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery in exchange for a year of probation and an agreement to testify against the lone officer still facing trial.