Louisiana troopers seen punching and using stun gun on Black man in bodycam video of fatal arrest obtained by AP

Louisiana state troopers can be seen on a dark roadside stunning, punching and dragging a Black man as he apologizes for leading them on a high-speed chase in body camera video of the moments leading up to the man's death that The Associated Press obtained after authorities refused to release it for two years. "I'm your brother! I'm scared! I'm scared!" Ronald Greene can be heard telling the White troopers as the unarmed man is jolted repeatedly with a stun gun before he even gets out of his car.

The 2019 arrest outside Monroe, Louisiana, is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. But unlike other in-custody deaths across the nation where body camera video was released almost immediately, Greene's case has been shrouded in secrecy and accusations of a cover-up. Louisiana officials have rebuffed repeated calls to release footage and details about what caused the 49-year-old's death. Troopers initially told Greene's family he died on impact after crashing into a tree during the chase. Later, State Police released a one-page statement acknowledging only that Greene struggled with troopers and died on his way to the hospital.