A Minnesota prosecutor dropped charges against Trooper Ryan Londregan for the shooting death of Black motorist Ricky Cobb II, citing self-defense claims. Prosecutors doubted their ability to secure a conviction. The incident echoes other high-profile police shootings in Minneapolis. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had intended to remove the prosecutor had charges not been dropped.
With the Supreme Court unwilling to review the city s objections to studying the potential harm of the 2040 Plan, Minneapolis has launched an environmental study.
Discipline against Minneapolis police officers spiked, but is now going down. That trend may continue as officers accused of misconduct flee the department.
Among other things, Smith's legal team says prosecutors allowed a witness to give known false testimony involving the Highway 169 shooting death of Jay Boughton.