Minnesota trooper is charged with murder in shooting of Black motorist during traffic stop
A Minnesota State Patrol trooper was charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II after he refused to get out of his car during a July traffic stop.
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota State Patrol trooper was charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting of Black motorist Ricky Cobb II after he refused to get out of his car during a July traffic stop.
Trooper Ryan Londregan is charged with second-degree unintentional murder, first-degree assault and second degree manslaughter in the death of Cobb, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said at a news conference.
"As with all Minnesota law enforcement officers, state troopers may only use deadly force when it is necessary to protect a person from a specific identified threat of great bodily harm or death that was reasonably likely to occur. That did not exist in this case. Ricky Cobb II should be alive today," Moriarty said.
An attorney for Londregan called his client "a hero" and attacked Moriarty for charging Cobb.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, center, provides an explanation to members of the press regarding the State Patrol killing of Ricky Cobb II at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, 2024. Kerem Yücel / Minnesota Public Radio via AP"This county attorney is literally out of control. Open season on law enforcement must end. And it's going to end with this case," attorney Chris Madel said in a video statement
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