>>> BREAKING THIS AFTERNOON.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OBTAINED
VIDEO OF THE DEATH OF RONALD
GREENE.
THE VIDEO SHOWS GREENE BEATEN
AND LYING HANDCUFFED ON HIS
STOMACH.
WE WANT TO WARN OUR VIEWERS THIS
VIDEO IS DISTURBING.
>> SIR.
>> DONT YOU TURNOVER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> DONT YOU TURNOVER.
LAY ON YOUR BELLY.
>> YES, SIR.
OKAY.
SIR.
YES, SIR.
>> NOW THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OBTAINED A LONG SECRET AUTOPSY
REPORT WHICH NBC NEWS HAS NOT
YET OBTAINED.
THAT CITES GREENES HEAD
INJURIES AND THE WAY HE WAS
RESTRAINED AS FACTORS IN THE
DEATH.
NBC NEWS HAS REACHED OUT TO THE
POLICE FOR A RESPONSE.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, THEY RELEASED
A STATEMENT REGARDING THE
SEPARATE.
READING, THE INVESTIGATION INTO
THE DEATH OF RONALD GREENE IS
UNDER REVIEW BY AUTHORITIES.
THE INVESTIGATIVE FILES IS NOT AUTHORIZED AND NOT OBTAINED
AUTHORIZED AND NOT OBTAINED
THROUGH OFFICIAL SOURCES.
JOINING ME NOW YOUITZKI IS PRE-I
THOMPSON.
TROUBLING ACCOUNTS THERE.
WHAT MORE ARE WE LEARNING?
>> Reporter: AYMAN, FROM THE
CLIP YOU PLAYED, WE KNOW THAT
RONALD GREENE TRIED TO ROLL OVER
OR PROP HIMSELF UP.
THE AP SAYS POSSIBLY IN AN
ATTEMPT TO BREATHE.
THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
TOLD HIM TO REMAIN ON HIS
STOMACH.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DID ALSO
OBTAIN AN OFFICIAL COPY OF THE
AUTOPSY REPORT WHICH SHOWS
ACCORDING TO THEM THERE WERE
HIGH LEVELS OF COCAINE AND
ALCOHOL IN GREENES SYSTEM.
ALSO THAT HE HAD A BROKEN BREAST
BONE AND TORN AORTA.
UNCLEAR IF THOSE INJURIES WERE A
RESULT OF THE HIGH-SPEED CHASE
AND SUBSEQUENT CRASH OR RESULT
OF THE STRUGGLE THAT TOOK PLACE
BETWEEN HIM AND STATE TROOPERS.
I WANT TO READ THE EXACT CAUSE
OF DEATH THAT THE AP IS QUOTING
FROM THAT AUTOPSY REPORT.
IT SAYS, QUOTE, COCAINE INDUCED
AGITATED DELIRIUM COMPLICATED BY
MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION AND
PHYSICAL STRUGGLE AND INFLICTED
HEAD INJURY AND RESTRAINT.
NOTABLY, THE AP REPORT STATES
THE AUTOPSY DID NOT SPECIFY A
MANNER OF DEATH.
WHO
WHETHER IT IS HOMICIDE OR
UNDETERMINED.
WE HAVE AGAIN REACHED OUT TO THE
LOUISIANA STATE TROOPER AND
STATE POLICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR A RESPONSE TO THE
NEW VIDEO.
THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO OUR
REQUEST.
AYMAN.
>> BARBARA, WHAT IS YOUR
REACTION TO THIS?
THE LATEST VIDEO AND AUTOPSY
DETAILS WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT
THAT ARE ACTUALLY COMING OUT TWO
YEARS AFTER THE INCIDENT TOOK
PLACE?
>> IT REMINDS ME, AYMAN, OF THE
PRESS RELEASE WE SAW AFTER THE
DEREK CHAUVIN CONVICTION WITH
GEORGE FLOYDS DEATH.
THE PRESS RELEASE FROM THE
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE WAS
UNFORTUNATELY A MAN SUFFERED A
MEDICAL INCIDENT AND DIED IN
CUSTODY.
END OF STORY.
BUT FOR THE VIDEOS, WE ONLY HAVE
THE WORD OF THE POLICE OFFICERS
TO GO BY.
I THINK IT IS TROUBLING WITH THE
INCONSISTENCIES OF WHAT THE
POLICE STATED HAPPENED AND WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
IT IS CONSCIOUSNESS OF GUILT.
THAT MEANS THE OFFICERS KNOW
THEY DID SOMETHING WRONG AND IT
USUALLY CAUSES INVESTIGATORS TO
LOOK DEEPER.
IM GLAD TO HEAR THAT FEDERAL
AND STATE INVESTIGATORS ARE
LOOKING INTO THIS BECAUSE I
THINK AT FIRST BLUSH, IT STRIKES
ME AS SUSPICIOUS THAT THEY TOLD
A DIFFERENT STORE FROMY FROM WHA
APPEARS ON THE VIDEO.
>> BARBARA, I WANT TO PLAY A
BITE, A SOUND BITE, FROM WHERE
ONE OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED
APPEARS TO ADMIT TO ROUGH
PHYSICAL TREATMENT OF GREENE.
WATCH.
>> I BEAT EVERY LIVING [ BLEEP ]
OUT OF HIM AND CHOKED HIM TRYING
TO GET HIM UNDER CONTROL.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE WENT LIMP.
YEAH, I THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD.
>> WE SHOULD NOTE THE TROOPER
HEARD ON THAT VIDEO CLIP, CHRIS
HOLLINGSWORTH, HAS SINCE DIED.
BARBARA, WHAT DOES THAT EXCHANGE
ACTUALLY TELL YOU ABOUT THE
BROADER CASE AND HOW CAN THAT BE
USED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER?
>> WELL, A POLICE OFFICER IS
ONLY ALLOWED TO USE REASONABLE
FORCE.
SO UNDER SITUATIONS WHEN IT IS
NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE LIVES
OF OTHERS OR PROTECT HIS OWN
LIFE, HE CAN USE EVEN DEADLY
FORCE.
THOSE WORDS THAT HE JUST CHOSE
TO USE THERE SUGGEST AT LEAST
SOME INDICATION THAT HE MAY HAVE
USED EXCESSIVE FORCE.
HIS STATEMENTS ALONE WILL NOT BE
THE WHOLE CASE.
IF HE WAS NOT POSING A RISK TO
SOMEONE ELSES LIFE, HE NEEDED
TO USE IT ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE
OF SUBDUING HIM.
IT COULD BE PART OF A BIGGER
PICTURE OF USE OF EXCESSIVE
FORCE.
THE JURIES IN THE CASES ARE TOLD
TO CONSIDER THE TOTALITY OF THE
JIRK
CIRCUMSTANCES ALONE.
THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT IT IS
PROPER USE OF FORCE.
>> WE KNOW FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
ARE LOOKING INTO THIS.
ARE THERE ANY ACTIONS, BARBARA,
THAT COULD BE TAKEN UNDER
FEDERAL LAW?
WHAT WOULD BE UNDER VIOLATION
HERE?
>> THERE IS A FEDERAL STATUTE
THAT MAKES IT A VIOLATION TO USE
A POLICE OFFICERS AUTHORITY.
COLOR OF LAW.
THAT IS HIS BADGE AND AUTHORITY
GIVEN TO HIM AS A POLICE OFFICER
TO VIETOLATE SOMEONES CIVIL
RIGHTS.
IT IS A FOURTH AMENDMENT SEIZURE
THAT IS UNLAWFUL.
THAT IS THE BASIS FOR LOOKING AT
IT.
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION IN THIS
CASE, AS IT WAS IN THE CHAUVIN
CASE IS CAUSATION.
WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF DEATH?
WAS IT HE WOULD HAVE DIED FROM
THE CAR ACCIDENT ANYWAY OR WAS
IT EXACERBATED BY THE BLOWS.