Connecticut State Trooper Brian North, center, flanked by Andrew Matthews, president of the Connecticut State Police Union, left, and attorney Jeffrey Ment, appears in Milford Superior Court Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Milford, Conn., on manslaughter charges in the death of Mubarak Soulemane. (Sean Fowler/Hartford Courant via AP, Pool)
Police Shooting Connecticut
MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A white Connecticut state trooper who fatally shot a 19-year-old Black man following a high-speed chase in 2020 has been arraigned on a manslaughter charge. Trooper Brian North said nothing during the brief appearance Tuesday in Milford Superior Court and is free on bail. He did not enter a plea. His case was continued to June 2. North fired seven gunshots into the driver’s-side window of a stolen car after a chase that ended in West Haven. Mubarak Soulemane was killed. Police say he was holding a knife. The state inspector general concluded the shooting was not justified because Soulemane was boxed in and unable to flee.
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