Overview

• State Police published an 11-minute briefing with surveillance and bodycam footage that they say shows Lacy passing multiple vehicles in a no‑passing zone before a chain-reaction crash on Dec. 17, 2024.
• Investigators assert the Charger did not strike any car but that Lacy’s driving triggered the sequence that killed 78-year-old Herman Hall, and they cite witnesses who told troopers the green Charger “caused all this.”
• The briefing says Lacy drove on and that less than 10 minutes after the crash his first outgoing call was to a Baton Rouge personal-injury and defense attorney.
• Lacy’s attorney, Matthew Ory, released separate clips he says place Lacy 72.6 yards behind the impact and alleges bodycam shows a trooper steering a witness statement, arguing the evidence exonerates Lacy.
• Attorney General Liz Murrill says she is reviewing the file and maintains witness accounts point to Lacy setting events in motion, as civil-rights groups and Democrats call for independent and federal probes and propose a ‘Lacy Law.’