Crime & Safety
Family Of Ricky Cobb II Responds After Charges Against Ryan Londregan Are Dropped
Minnesota State Patrol trooper Ryan Londregan, who is White, fatally shot Ricky Cobb II, who was Black, on Interstate 94 last July 31.
MINNEAPOLIS — The family of a man shot and killed by a Minnesota state trooper during a traffic stop last summer spoke out on Tuesday, a day after charges against the trooper were dropped.
Minnesota State Patrol trooper Ryan Londregan, who is White, fatally shot Ricky Cobb II, who was Black, on Interstate 94 last July 31.
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Cobb's family has filed a federal lawsuit alleging Londregan and fellow trooper Brett Seide unreasonably seized Cobb by ordering him out of the car without explaining if he was under arrest, and by reaching into the car and grabbing him in an attempt to "forcibly remove him." The troopers also used "unnecessary, excessive, and deadly force" on Cobb, the lawsuit says.
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