In an agreement with prosecutors, Kory York, a former state trooper, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery charges in exchange for one year of probation in the death of a Black man who was stopped for a traffic violation in 2019.

A Louisiana state trooper pleaded no contest Monday to significantly reduced charges that spare him jail time in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene, the first conviction of any kind in a prolonged police brutality case that once prompted national outrage.

Documents obtained by the WAFB I-TEAM show prosecutors wanted the family of Ronald Greene to sign a plea deal two weeks ago for a Louisiana State Trooper indicted for his death. They refused.