Louisiana lawmakers in custody death probe seek ex-police chief's journals

• Reeves has been accused of covering up the initial investigation into Greene's death, ignoring a subpoena and failing to attend a hearing earlier this month involving a trooper he allegedly fired for speaking up about the incident, WBRZ-TV reported.

Context: The journal entries sought by lawmakers were in regards to references Reeves allegedly made to police brutality and Gov. John Bel Edwards (D), per AP.

• Reeves, who stepped down in 2020, previously called Greene's death "awful but lawful."

What they're saying: "Col. Reeves isn't in contempt of anything," Reeves' lawyer Lewis Unglesby told AP. "He has done nothing but be cooperative."

• Unglesby claimed he'd readied photocopies from roughly a dozen journal entries for lawmakers investigating Greene's death but alleged Magee "got excited and took off," per AP.
• "I want to dispute Mr. Unglesby," Magee wrote in response on Twitter Monday. "He denied my request to take the copy of documents he prepared from the journal today. He said I could only take them if I agreed to not seek any more documents."

The big picture: Footage of Greene's interaction with state police, obtained by AP, captured troopers beating and dragging him following a high-speed pursuit nearly three years ago. Troopers also deployed a stun gun on the 49-year-old.

• Investigators said Greene's death equated to "torture and murder." No state trooper has been criminally charged over his death.
• Former state trooper Jacob Brown was charged last September with a federal civil rights violation over Greene's death. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of deprivation of rights under color of law.