Crime & Justice

Charges Dropped Against Minnesota State Trooper Who Shot Black Motorist

‘WRECKED’

Prosecutors announced they’d received new evidence “that would make it impossible” for them to prove that the trooper’s actions were not “an authorized use of force.”

AJ McDougall
AJ McDougall 

Breaking News Reporter

Minnesota State Patrol Colonel Matt Langer stands by as bodycam and dash cam footage of the police shooting death of Ricky Cobb II plays at a press conference
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AJ McDougall

AJ McDougall

Breaking News Reporter

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