Minnesota trooper charged with shooting murder of Black motorist

A state trooper in Minnesota was charged with unintentional murder and manslaughter for shooting and killing Black motorist Ricky Cobb II last year in Minneapolis, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said during a press conference that trooper Ryan Londregan, 27, will face those charges, along with an assault charge, because the circumstances of the case did not justify his use of deadly force.
Moriarty said that state troopers engage drivers everyday and they receive extensive training on how to do so safely.
“Trooper Londregan did not follow this training,” Moriarty said.
Londregan’s attorneys as listed in the criminal complaint did not reply to a request for comment.
Mike LeDoux, head of the Minnesota State Patrol Troopers Association, said in a written statement that the union “stands resolutely in defense” of all the troopers involved in the Cobb stop and that the situation “necessitated the use of deadly force.”