Nyra Fields-Miller, the mother of Ricky Cob II, a Black man who was killed by a Minnesota state trooper in July, speaks at a news conference Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Fields-Miller and other family members criticized local prosecutors for dropping a murder charge against the trooper this week. – Nyra Fields-Miller was making breakfast for her family last weekend when the county attorney’s office called with an urgent request to speak with her in person.
Cobb, a 33-year-old Black man, died after Trooper Ryan Londregan, who is white, shot him as he tried to pull away from a traffic stop. Troopers pulled Cobb over on Interstate 94 in Minneapolis on July 31 because the lights were out on his car. They then found that thefor violating a domestic no-contact order in neighboring Ramsey County. Londregan shot Cobb twice as Cobb tried to drive away after troopers ordered him to get out of his car.