It's unclear why Ellison charged the officer and went to such extremes to prosecute him....
Posted on 07/08/2026 7:44:21 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE
A federal appeals court has unanimously upheld the dismissal of a civil lawsuit that was filed against Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan by the estate of Ricky Cobb II, who was shot and killed by Londregan during a traffic stop in 2023.
The Cobb family claimed in their civil lawsuit that Londregan’s and Trooper Brett Seide’s actions during the stop constituted unreasonable seizure and excessive force.
But Judge Nancy Brasel rejected those arguments in an October 2024 ruling — and now the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed.
In regards to the unreasonable seizure claims, the court wrote that “since neither of these seizures were unreasonable, Troopers Seide and Londregan did not violate a constitutional right and are entitled to qualified immunity.”
Addressing the excessive force arguments, the court found that Cobb’s estate “has not shown it was clearly established that deadly force violates the Fourth Amendment if used to protect an officer reaching inside a suspect’s car when the suspect shifts the car into drive and the car begins to move.”
In January 2024, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty brought three felony charges against Trooper Londregan, including second-degree unintentional murder. The charges were connected to a July 2023 incident where Londregan fatally shot Cobb after he began to flee in his vehicle during a traffic stop, knocking Londregan and Seide to the ground.
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Now prosecute the corrupt prosecutor. Official misconduct.
I have been watching this since it happened (less than a quarter mile from my house). The Prosecutor and the attorney General are both soft on crime COP hating liberals.
The AG is also involved with the ICE resistance and the Somali fraud BS.
Totally corrupt.
Who is in the pic with tats all over?
The attempted prosecution is just another example of Black racism against white.
The developing two tier legal system needs to be crushed in our country. We need to put an end to special legal and social statuses for Blacks.
The ELites are pushing for a race war, while they sit back and watch from gated communities with private security. I am so very fatigued, I cannot imagine the depth of simmering rage white males must feel.
Benjamin Crump is in tears. Now the family will be straddled with tons of legal bills.
EC
Ricky Cobb II, whose shooting death by a Minnesota trooper prompted legal proceedings.
March, 2024
Led by House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, a group of Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives held a press conference Monday denouncing Moriarty.
“Ignoring and even attempting to persuade a use-of-force expert hired by her office to change his expert opinion to fit her predetermined narrative is a disturbing abuse of power and calls her integrity and the integrity of her office into question,” said members of the House Republican Caucus in a statement. “Mary Moriarty cannot be trusted to fairly carry out her duties as Hennepin County Attorney, and must resign.”
Mob lynching of a guy just doing his job.
These people are becoming increasingly dangerous.
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