At first, police told loved ones that Ronald Greene died in a car accident — plowing into a tree late one night in 2019 after blowing past a traffic stop, according to a lawsuit filed by the man’s family.

Video told a different story, and a familiar one to critics of a state police force plagued by allegations of excessive force against drivers of color.

Body-camera footage published by the Associated Press — withheld for two years by authorities — captures Greene wailing and saying, “I’m sorry!” as Louisiana state troopers violently arrest him, deploying what the AP identifies as a stun gun after the Black man appears to raise his hands inside his car. Officers later punch Greene in the face, drag him briefly by his shackled ankles and leave him to moan alone while handcuffed for more than nine minutes, according to the AP.

“I’m scared! I’m scared! … I’m scared!” the 49-year-old yells while bent over in the front seat. “I’m your brother. I’m scared!”

Excessive force left Greene “beaten, bloodied, and in cardiac arrest,” his family’s wrongful death lawsuit states. Medics found the man unresponsive, it says, and he was pronounced dead minutes after arriving at the hospital, but it took months for the state police to open an internal investigation.

A lawyer for the family, Lee Merritt, said he hopes the leaked footage will push leaders to hold the officers involved accountable as the Justice Department reviews the case. Greene’s loved ones had already seen the video, but authorities have refused to make it public while inquiries pend. Merritt said officials have tried to minimize and bury what led up to Greene’s death.