LOUISIANA — The state of Louisiana has agreed to pay Ronald Greene's family a $4.85 million settlement to end a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed by his daughter, Tayla Greene. The agreement, confirmed on May 13 by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, is subject to approval by the state's legislature. "It was time to end this litigation," Murrill said, without detailing specifics of the agreement.

Ronald Greene, who was Black, died in 2019 after five white officers arrested him on the side of a road outside Monroe, Louisiana. Officers had initially sought to stop him for an unspecified alleged traffic violation. State police claimed Greene died after crashing into a tree during the chase.

State police refused for two years to release body-worn camera footage of the arrest. In 2021, video obtained by the Associated Press showed officers punching, kicking and using stun guns on Greene. The footage showed officers shocked the unarmed Greene with stun guns as he apologized for the pursuit. Officers tackled him to the ground, put him in a chokehold and punched him, then dragged him while he was handcuffed and shackled before leaving him on the ground without aiding him.

Two officers, Kory York of Louisiana's state police and Chris Harpin of the Union Parish Sheriff's Office, were charged with misdemeanor battery. Both pleaded no contest. Gage Hollingsworth of the state police died in a high-speed, single-car wreck in 2020 within hours of being told he was being fired over his role in Greene's death. Federal Justice Department prosecutors declined to bring charges in the case.

In the final days of Joe Biden's presidency, the U.S. Justice Department found that Louisiana's state police engaged in a pattern of excessive force during arrests and car chases. The department rescinded those conclusions after the beginning of Donald Trump's second presidency.

Ben Crump, a lawyer for the family, addressed the settlement in a statement. "No amount of money can erase the pain that motorist Ronald Greene's death at the hands of Louisiana police inflicted on his loved ones," Crump said. "The truth must always come to light."

Seven years after her son's death, Mona Hardin said on social media that she and her family were still fighting for accountability. In a social media post, she used a profanity to express the family's grief, writing that they were missing Greene terribly.