{"id":100184,"date":"2021-07-23T16:39:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T21:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/?p=100184"},"modified":"2021-07-23T16:39:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T21:39:24","slug":"justice-for-ronald-greene-july-23-2021-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/justice-for-ronald-greene-july-23-2021-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice for Ronald Greene \u2013 July 23, 2021 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/POST-News-Section-Header.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;POST News Section Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|-39px|auto|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-24px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">IN THE NEWS<\/span><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.10&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;]<strong>Commander overseeing Louisiana State Police Troop F abruptly retires<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>\ufeff(July 19, 2021\/WBRZ)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EXCERPT &#8211; John Peters was in charge of Troop F when Ronald Greene died in State Police custody in May 2019. He&#8217;d most recently been transferred to a highway division within State Police.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the WBRZ Investigative Unit exposed Peters was offering advice about how to prove Greene died in a car crash although State Police body camera video showed Greene alive after a wreck. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrz.com\/news\/in-terse-email-disgruntled-state-police-commander-abruptly-retires-amid-fallout-investigation-into-death-of-ronald-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wbrz.com\/news\/in-terse-email-disgruntled-state-police-commander-abruptly-retires-amid-fallout-investigation-into-death-of-ronald-greene\/\">Read article<\/a>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.10&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Police should honor its values and come clean in Greene case<br \/><\/strong><strong>(July 18, 2021\/Times-Picayune\/Advocate)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EXCERPT -The beating death of Ronald Greene, and a number of other incidents involving violence against Black motorists by State Police in the Monroe area, paint a disquieting picture of the state\u2019s premier law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n<p>The agency spun a web of lies, claiming that Greene died from injuries in a crash that followed a police chase.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theadvocate.com\/baton_rouge\/opinion\/our_views\/article_4f6faf38-e4e6-11eb-bc17-4fb38d9c5fac.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; 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font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" data-linkindex=\"5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #0645ad;\"><span style=\"color: #0645ad;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/live\/?v=805379720351150\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; color: #0645ad;\"><strong>WATCH &#8211; Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus Press Conference seeking review of LSP by U.S. Department of Justice (via WVUE)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #0645ad;\"><span style=\"color: #0645ad;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrz.com\/news\/new-memo-from-state-police-more-than-two-years-after-ronald-greene-died-says-don-t-destroy-case-files\/\"><span style=\"color: #0645ad;\">New memo from State Police, more than two years after Ronald Greene died, says don&#8217;t &#8216;destroy&#8217; case files (via WBRZ-Baton Rouge)<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; 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He&#8217;d most recently been transferred to a highway division within State Police. In June, the WBRZ Investigative Unit exposed Peters was offering advice about how to prove Greene died in a car crash although State Police body camera video showed Greene alive after a wreck. Read articleState Police should honor its values and come clean in Greene case(July 18, 2021\/Times-Picayune\/Advocate) EXCERPT -The beating death of Ronald Greene, and a number of other incidents involving violence against Black motorists by State Police in the Monroe area, paint a disquieting picture of the state\u2019s premier law enforcement agency. The agency spun a web of lies, claiming that Greene died from injuries in a crash that followed a police chase. Read articleADDITIONAL NEWS Additional coverage throughout the state, nation and world regarding Ronald Greene&#8217;s story and the call for the justice: WATCH &#8211; Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus Press Conference seeking review of LSP by U.S. Department of Justice (via WVUE) New memo from State Police, more than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":99318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-ronaldgreene"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100184"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100190,"href":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100184\/revisions\/100190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanleaguela.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}