Eric Nelson, 28, died in December 2021 — more than a year before Warren Montgomery, the district attorney for Washington Parish, decided not to press charges against the officers involved.
Police in Bogalusa, Louisiana — who tased then left a Black man limp and handcuffed on the pavement outside the station while awaiting emergency help — will not be charged for their roles in his death.
Deputies found that Eric Nelson, 28, had outstanding warrants for drug crimes while responding to a single-vehicle collision on the morning of Dec. 19, 2021. According to a federal court lawsuit, an officer drove Nelson home to change shoes before taking him to jail. He allegedly sprinted into the woods, the suit says, and dove into the undergrowth before being tased by authorities and placed into custody, today!
The post Louisiana officers will not face charges in death of limp, cuffed Black man they face-planted on concrete appeared first on TheGrio.
