Brian North

On Thursday afternoon, Mubarak Soulemane’s family spoke publicly for the first time since a six-person jury acquitted state trooper Brian North in the January 2020 shooting death of the 19-year-old after a police pursuit that ended in West Haven.

“It has been a long four years,” said Omo Mohammed, mother of Mubarak Soulemane. On Thursday afternoon, Soulemane’s family spoke publicly for the first time since a six-person jury acquitted state trooper Brian North in the January 2020 shooting death of the 19-year-old after a police pursuit that ended in West Haven. “The whole process was just mentally taxing,” said…

The jury in Connecticut State Trooper Brian North’s trial has found him not guilty of manslaughter in the death of 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane.

The jury in Connecticut State Trooper Brian North’s trial has found him not guilty of manslaughter in the death of 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane.

The jury in Connecticut State Trooper Brian North’s trial has found him not guilty of manslaughter in the death of 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane. The jury also found him not guilty of lesser charges including second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. Trooper North and his wife shared an emotional embrace after the not guilty verdict was read. Shortly after, they...

Jurors spent all day without reaching a verdict Thursday in the trial of Connecticut State Trooper Brian North. North is accused of fatally shooting 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane on Jan. 15, 2020 after Soulemane displayed a knife and he has been charged with first-degree manslaughter. North has pleaded not guilty to the charge. On Wednesday, Inspector General Robert Devlin and defense…

“Basically what this crime requires is that the state prove someone, the defendant, acted with extreme indifference to human life,” Inspector General Robert Devlin said. The trial of State Trooper Brian North is now in the hands of a six-person jury. North is accused of shooting and killing 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane on Jan. 15, 2020 after Soulemane displayed a knife….

After hearing eight days of testimony, the jury in the trial of Connecticut State Trooper Brian North began deliberations late Wednesday afternoon.

After hearing eight days of testimony, the jury in the trial of Connecticut State Trooper Brian North began deliberations late Wednesday afternoon. The deliberations began after the state and the defense presented closing arguments to the jurors. Wednesday morning, the state called one rebuttal witness to refute earlier witness testimony regarding police use-of-force training. On Tuesday, the defense rested its…

The defense attorney for State Trooper Brian North called two witnesses to the stand before resting his case on Tuesday.

The defense rested Tuesday afternoon in the manslaughter trial of State Trooper Brian North. The attorneys ended their case after calling two experts to testify about various factors surrounding police stops and use-of-force cases. State trooper Brian North has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection to the shooting death of 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane after a police pursuit that ended…

The jury in State Trooper Brian North’s trial was sent home after around 20 minutes on Monday and the jury will have more witnesses to provide testimony on Tuesday.

A Connecticut state trooper who shot a 19-year-old man to death in a stolen car in 2020 testified in his defense Friday that he believed he had to open fire because the man was armed with a knife and made threatening movements toward other officers.

The jury in State Trooper Brian North’s trial was sent home after around 20 minutes on Monday and the jury will have more witnesses to provide testimony on Tuesday. The 33-year-old trooper shot a 19-year-old man to death in a stolen car in 2020. He testified in his defense Friday that he believed he had to open fire because the…

Connecticut State Trooper Brian North took the stand in his own defense Friday to tell the jury why he made the decision to use deadly force against Mubarak Soulemane in January 2020.

The defense team for a state trooper who is accused of shooting and killing a teen in West Haven after a police chase in January 2020 has called the trooper to the stand as court resumes after the state rested its case on Thursday afternoon.

A Connecticut state trooper who shot a 19-year-old man to death in a stolen car in 2020 testified in his defense Friday that he believed he had to open fire because the man was armed with a knife and made threatening movements toward other officers. Trooper Brian North, 33, took the stand on the fifth day of his trial in…

“The state rests, your honor,” Inspector General Robert Devlin said. As the court process plays out, Devlin is examining second by second how state troopers responded during a police chase that ended in the death of 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane. “You’re telling me that nobody could have taken a different path on this? Safer path, better path, you’re saying that...

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The trial is underway for a state trooper who has been charged in the death of 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane in West Haven in 2020 and state prosecutors have rested their case. State trooper Brian North has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of Soulemane on Jan. 15, 2020, and he has pleaded not guilty to…