Connecticut trooper who shot Black man after police chase is acquitted of manslaughter
By DAVE COLLINS
Associated Press
A white Connecticut state police trooper has been acquitted of manslaughter in the death of a Black man who was shot as he sat in a stolen car holding a knife. Trooper Brian North could have faced up to 40 years in prison if he had been convicted Friday in the 2020 killing of Mubarak Soulemane. North fired his handgun seven times into the car’s door after Soulemane led police on a high-speed chase on Interstate 95. North testified that he believed Soulemane was going to attack other officers. But the state inspector general said those officers weren’t in immediate danger.
