Greene’s death seems to be part of a pattern, implicating white members of Troop F in the abuse of several black men — atrocious behavior troopers bragged and joked about among themselves in text messages and audio recordings. The case was suddenly thrust into the spotlight last week, just as the nation prepared to mark a year since George Floyd’s killing, because the Associated Press “obtained” and published snippets of video footage from the shocking arrest, which comes from one of the involved trooper’s body camera. State authorities had refused for two years to make any video from the incident public, although they showed at least some of it to members of Greene’s family. Since the AP’s revelations, the state has now disclosed what is claimed to be all of the relevant video footage. In addition, CNN has reported on the autopsy report, which the network acquired through an unidentified person it describes as “a source with knowledge of the investigation.” Earlier this week, the AP followed up with a report indicating that the commander on the scene lied to investigators about what happened and, for two years, concealed his own body-camera recording from the scene. In combination, these and other media reports paint a gruesome picture.