Aaron Larry Bowman is a man who was beaten with a flashlight by a Louisiana State trooper in a 2019 traffic stop. The beating was defended by police as “pain compliance.”
Video Of Bowman Beating Was Kept Secret For Over Two Years. “Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — an attack the trooper defended as “pain compliance.”” [AP]
Trooper Jacob Robert Brown Hit Bowman 18 Times. “In the multiple page warrant, LSP investigators detail charges that trooper Jacob Robert Brown, 30, of Rayville hit a man with his flashlight 18 times in 24 seconds as a different law enforcement agency attempted to take the man, Aaron Larry Bowman, 45, into custody.” [News Star]
Bowman’s Jaw, Ribs, Wrist Were Broken In Beating. “The May 2019 beating following a traffic stop left him with a broken jaw, three broken ribs, a broken wrist and a gash to his head that required six staples to close.” [CBS]
Video: Bowman beating from police bodycam
ACLU: Video Is “Tragic Example” Of “Rampant Misconduct” From Louisiana State Police. “Hardly three months after the footage of Ronald Greene’s killing was released, we have yet another tragic example of the rampant misconduct that has plagued Louisiana State Police for decades. The repugnant and unnecessary beating of Aaron Bowman—and countless Black people at the hands of this agency—confirms what we’ve known for too long: it is time for the federal government to intervene and put an end to LSP’s vile pattern of unconstitutional brutality against Black people.” [ACLU Statement]
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