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Wyoming sheriff s official resigns amid wrongful death suit
MEAD GRUVER, Associated Press
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) A Wyoming sheriff s corporal who is facing a wrongful death lawsuit in the killing of an unarmed mentally ill man in 2018 has resigned.
Derek Colling left his job Wednesday, the Albany County Sheriff s Office said in a release Thursday.
No other information about the personnel matter would be provided, the release said. Colling had no listed phone number and couldn t be reached for comment.
Colling was a patrol deputy when he shot and killed Robert “Robbie” Ramirez, 39, after a traffic stop in Laramie in 2018. Ramirez drove off during the stop, and police car video shows that Colling followed him to his apartment, where he shot him with a Taser then his gun.
The first Black sheriff in Wyoming takes over an agency that has faced significant controversy
By Emma Tucker, CNN
Albany County Sheriff Aaron Appelhans stands in the county courthouse in Laramie, Wyoming. (CNN)For the first time in its 130-year history, Wyoming has a Black sheriff. Aaron Appelhans, 39, has taken charge of the Albany County Sheriff s Office, which faces two pending lawsuits and calls for reform in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Robert Robbie Ramirez by a deputy in 2018. You don t see a whole lot of African Americans in law enforcement, Appelhans told CNN. So, I m trying to overcome that roadblock of taking a non-traditional career path and affect change within my community.
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The first Black sheriff in Wyoming takes over an agency that has faced significant controversy CNN 2/21/2021 By Emma Tucker, CNN
For the first time in its 130-year history, Wyoming has a Black sheriff.
Aaron Appelhans, 39, has taken charge of the Albany County Sheriff s Office, which faces two pending lawsuits and calls for reform in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Robert Robbie Ramirez by a deputy in 2018. You don t see a whole lot of African Americans in law enforcement, Appelhans told CNN. So, I m trying to overcome that roadblock of taking a non-traditional career path and affect change within my community.