MONROE - A Louisiana State Trooper who shut off his body camera and kicked a handcuffed Black male, drug him by his leg shackles received a 50-hour suspension according to documents obtained by the WBRZ Investigative Unit. That man, Ronald Greene, died as a result of the encounter.

Attorneys representing the Greene family are calling for Trooper Kory York's termination and arrest.

York was given the suspension by former Colonel Kevin Reeves. The discipline that Reeves instituted came on the same day as head of Louisiana State Police announced his retirement. Reeves resigned under a cloud of controversy.

In the disciplinary letter, Colonel Lamar Davis wrote to York that he did not agree with it and thought it should be more severe. Davis wrote the discipline decided on by his predecessor would be carried out to avoid violating Louisiana State Police Commission rules.

Greene died in a 2019 encounter with State Police in the Monroe area. Initially, State Police told Greene's family that he died in a fender bender. But leaked audio surfaced from Trooper Chris Hollingsworth's body camera.

Our sources said Hollingsworth turned off his body camera, so Greene's beating was not captured on his equipment. However, when he got back in his unit, the camera reactivated and captured audio of Hollingsworth talking to someone.

That audio explains exactly how Greene died.

"I beat the ever living f*** out of him, choked him and everything else to get him out of control," Hollingsworth was recorded saying. "We finally got him in handcuffs when a third man got there, and the son of a b**** was still fighting and still wrestling with him trying to hold him down. He was spitting blood everywhere and all of a sudden he went limp."

Hollingsworth was given intent to terminate papers last year, and hours after being served he died in a single-vehicle crash that our sources have said was a suicide.

York's disciplinary letter states, "You arrived on scene approximately five minutes after the driver, Mr. Ronald Greene had been handcuffed. After you arrived on scene, you walked over to Mr. Greene who was handcuffed lying on the ground, and placed your left foot on his right shoulder. After you took your left foot off his shoulder, you lightly kicked his right thigh with your right foot."

The letter goes on to say, "You moved Mr. Greene by dragging him on his stomach by the leg shackles placed on his ankles, and used profanity toward Mr. Greene, who was handcuffed and in custody."

Ron Haley is representing the Greene family.

"Kory York should be in jail," Haley said. "What he did to Ronald Greene was inhumane. It was wrong and illegal."

Haley called the 50-hour suspension given to York by former Colonel Kevin Reeves a joke.

"The fact that he only received a 50-hour slap on the wrist is absolutely ridiculous," Haley said. "He should be immediately fired."

We reached out to State Police for an interview about this story. A spokesman said they could not talk about the case because it remains under investigation by the United States Justice Department.

BATON ROUGE - It's been more than two weeks since 25-year old Tannya Moreau was allegedly shot and killed by her husband at her Central home. Now, her parents are fighting to get custody of the three kids she left behind.

Ashanti Witherspoon and his wife Susan Witherspoon, Tannya's mother, said the past two weeks have been horrific. Their grandchildren are 4 years old, 2 years old and 6 months old.

Her mother fought back tears Thursday describing what it's been like having to explain to Tannya's oldest that his mom isn't coming home.

"He kept asking me if I could call his mom," Susan Witherspoon said. "I told him I can't. Finally I said just look up and yell as loud as you can, 'momma I love you.' And whenever he did he was ok for a little while."

Tannya was shot and killed at a home on Blackwater Road on Feb. 7, 2021. Initially, detectives reported that her death was a possible suicide, but new forensic evidence came forward this week showing it would have been impossible for Tannya to shoot herself that way. Her husband, Luke Moreau was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

Rahsha Williams is a close family friend. Tannya grew up with her kids.

"She was a beautiful girl," Williams said. "Loved life, and I know one thing: she really loved her children."

Williams said Tannya did a good job not telling her closest family and friends about the abuse she endured. But some neighbors knew, along with others.

"A lot of times we don't want to get involved," Williams said. "But keeping somebody alive, that is your business. If someone is being abused you've got to remember they are a victim, especially when children are involved. Those kids were in the home the night he shot her. If you can't do it for the adult, do it for the child."

Tannya's stepdad echoed those sentiments.

"It's important for anyone in a situation taking place, to where it might lead to violence or what have you, to step forward and say something," Ashanti Witherspoon said. "We didn't even know this was going on in her life."

As Tannya is no longer here, the grief is unbearable for her family and a son-in-law they once loved.

"I've asked god to give me forgiveness to him," Susan Witherspoon said. "Not to have bitterness and hate in my heart for him, because he took one of the most precious things in the world from us. I ask God to help me to be able to forgive him."

In a complex custody situation, the state named Tannya's parents "foster parents" of their grandchildren until formal custody paperwork can be completed.