Governor knew the circumstances around a deadly arrest, but kept quiet, records show
28 January 2022
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/28/1076...und-a-deadly-arrest-but-kept-quiet-records-sh
28 January 2022
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat in a deep-red state, was immersed in a difficult reelection campaign when he received a text message from the head of the state police: Troopers had engaged in "a violent, lengthy struggle" with a Black motorist, ending with the man's death. Edwards was notified of the circumstances of Ronald Greene's death within hours of his May 2019 arrest, according to text messages The Associated Press obtained through a public records request. Yet the governor kept quiet as police told a much different story to the victim's family and in official reports: that Greene ...
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/28/1076...und-a-deadly-arrest-but-kept-quiet-records-sh