BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - WAFB on Friday took the rare step of asking a judge to force Louisiana State Police to produce a jail surveillance video of an April 2022 incident in Avoyelles Parish involving a state trooper.

The petition, filed in the 19th Judicial District Court, seeks a court order to produce the video and other documents sought by the station’s investigative team.

WAFB’s I-Team and Chief Investigator Chris Nakamoto first sought the records while investigating an April 2022 incident in which Trooper Matthew Clair is accused of hitting a handcuffed man inside a parish jail during booking. Clair said the man, who was handcuffed in front, was charging at him and had to be stopped.

A jail surveillance camera captured the incident.

Louisiana State Police leaders, however, have

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