Five Louisiana officers charged in death of Black motorist Ronald Greene

Facing the most serious charges on Thursday from a state grand jury was master trooper Kory York, who was seen on the body-camera footage dragging Greene by his ankle shackles, putting his foot on his back to force him down and leaving the heavyset man face down in the dirt for more than nine minutes.

The Union parish district attorney, John Belton, submitted arrest warrants for all five of the officers, praising the racially mixed grand jury for hearing the evidence, and saying the people had spoken.

The federal grand jury investigation, which expanded last year to examine whether state police brass obstructed justice to protect the troopers, remains open, and prosecutors have been tight-lipped about when the panel could make a decision on charges.

Fallout brought federal scrutiny not just to the troopers but to whether top brass obstructed justice to protect them.