The audio of the AP receiving a two-hour interview reportedly provides the final details that will be made public during the investigation. In a story and edited audio clips released by the AP, Hollingsworth reportedly told investigators: “I was scared. He could have done anything as soon as the band broke – and that’s why I hit him.” Green’s death is under federal investigation and is also being investigated by a committee in the Louisiana House of Representatives. State police told his family that Green died in a car accident on the night of May 10, 2019. But nine body camera and dashboard videos released by state police last year told a different story of what happened that night near the city. of Monroe. Hollingsworth was to be fired for violations of his car’s worn-out camera and camera systems, use of force, performance, lawful orders and misconduct by an officer, but he died in a car accident on September 21, 2020, according to the forensic office. of Ouachita Parish. State police did not comment on the latest sound and told CNN that they had leaked all the information they had gathered to federal investigators. The Louisiana Gov. Bureau and Hollingsworth’s lawyer Patrick Scott Wolleson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Members of the special legislative committee told CNN that the committee was in the process of summoning the video. The AP report on the incident says that Green did not put up any resistance.
What the new sound clips reveal
In the new audio clips, Hollingsworth is heard saying, “I was not trying to use deadly violence against him, I just wanted to free my hand.” Researchers interviewed by Hollingsworth are skeptical: “According to this video, at least according to us, you never seem to have given him a chance to get out of the car. You run to the window and in a second or two “You try. How is it done?” Hollingsworth said he was “afraid he would hurt myself” and a colleague. He continued: “I did not mean that it was humiliating and I did not know how serious the injuries were.” Ron Hailey, Green’s family lawyer, told CNN the family heard the sound. “The family heard the sound through a leak,” Hailey said by telephone. He said a silencing order limited him to what he could say about the case, but added: “I know we can not rush a federal inquiry. But it looks like the goal line is still pushing. Now we are pushing for the third year and not yet. we have an indictment “. Greene’s sister, Dinelle Hardin, told CNN on Thursday that the latest news made her angry. “It makes me angry to know that we have the video that says these words, hitting Ron meaninglessly,” he said. “No one intervened to stop him and three years later no arrests have been made.” “It’s ridiculous,” he added. His mother, Mona Hardin, said the incident was part of a “cover-up”. “It’s part of their education to say, ‘I’m scared,’ ‘My life is in danger,’ ‘I have to beat him to hell,’” he said. “As we enter our third year, they are still trying to create the narrative to reduce the charges.”
What do we know about the case?
According to a complaint of unlawful death filed by the Green family, the family was initially informed that Green died from a collision during the crash. A report from Glenwood Medical Center listed the leading cause of death as cardiac arrest and described an “unspecified injury” to Greene’s head. The posthumous photos posted on the NAACP Baton Rouge Facebook page showed large abrasions on Greene’s skull and bruises on his cheeks. The soldiers involved claimed that Greene’s death “was caused by a chest injury associated with a blunt force resulting in a sternal fracture and aortic rupture” and argued that they should use force to restrain him “for their own safety and security”. of the public “, according to court documents. A report from the Louisiana State Police Criminal Investigation Bureau on Green’s death in custody cited a “fight” with state troops. “Shortly afterwards, Greene did not respond and was taken to Glenwood Medical Center by Pafford Medical Service,” the report said. Green died on the way to the medical center, according to the LSP report. The sound from Hollingsworth’s body camera released by the state police revealed a call center inside his patrol car after the beating. He starts by saying that Green was drunk. “And I hit the eternal f ** k from inside him, I drowned him and everything else I was trying to put under control and finally we handcuffed him when a third man got there and his son ab * ts was still fighting. “And we were still fighting with him trying to hold him back because he was spitting blood everywhere,” Hollingsworth said in the video. And he adds, “and suddenly it just licked.” CNN’s Eric Levenson contributed to this report.
