9:30 LRN Newscast May 24

State Police has released nine videos from the 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, a 49-year-old unarmed black man who died in police custody. The videos show the troopers dragged Greene out of his vehicle, repeatedly punched him, and used a stun gun multiple times following a high-speed chase that ended in Union Parish. Superintendent Col. Lamar Davis says the videos are in the hands of state and federal criminal investigators
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Louisiana House Democratic Caucus Chairman Sam Jenkins says the public needs to hear the status of the federal investigation and if a legitimate state-level investigation is being conducted.

The Caddo Parish sheriff’s office says an experimental aircraft crashed into Cross Lake yesterday afternoon in Shreveport killing the sole occupant, Fred Phillips. Investigators say small plane took off from Shreveport Regional Airport and lasted in the air for about nine minutes.

The state health department reports two cases of the India COVID variant have been detected in Louisiana…
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Every day this week, the Louisiana Workforce Commission will hold a virtual job fair. Today from one to four PM, employers in the manufacturing industry will have a chance to meet with job seekers. L-W-C spokesperson Marina Clay…
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For more information go to la-works-dot-easy-virtual-fair-dot-com.