According to court documents in another one of those cases, Mr. Brown
bragged in text messages to several other troopers about using force against a Black man who had led officers on a chase in May 2020 in Franklin Parish, La.
“He gonna be sore tomorrow for sure,” Mr. Brown wrote. “LMAO … warms my heart knowing we could educate that young man.”
When investigators asked Mr. Brown about his use of force against Mr. Bowman, he told them that he had used a flashlight as a baton as part of what he called “pain compliance,” according to an affidavit.
