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John Bel Edwards' Silence on the Police Killing of Ronald Greene is Rising to the Surface

Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards initially kept quiet about the 2019 police killing Ronald Greene, despite receiving direct information about it. Because, he was up for re-election.

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Donney Rose
Jan 31, 2022
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I never had much personal interaction with Governor John Bel Edwards when I was still living in Louisiana. I was in similar spaces with him on a couple of occasions through my work as a community organizer, but aside from exchanging greetings, a customary practice in the Deep South, I was not deeply familiar with…

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