4 Louisiana police officers charged in Black man’s death

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A grand jury in Louisiana has charged four police officers in the city of Shreveport with negligent homicide in the April death of a 44-year-old Black man.

The indictment was announced Friday afternoon in a news release from the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office.

Tommie McGlothen Jr. died April 6 after an altercation with police. In June, a television station aired video showing officers appearing to hit and use a Taser on him.

The news release says investigators determined that officers used excessive force and failed to call for medical assistance.