Minnesota Trooper Who Fatally Shot Black Man During Traffic Stop Is Charged with Murder

“We want equality. We want justice. We're not asking for the world, we're just asking for what’s righteously ours," said the victim's brother A Minnesota state trooper was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Ricky Cobb II, a 33-year-old Black man, at a routine traffic stop on July 31, 2023. On Wednesday, Trooper Ryan Londregan, 27, was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, first-degree assault and second-degree manslaughter, per the Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty news release . The charges against the defendant follow the Minnesota Department of Public...