Passenger recounts chaos before Winston Smith was fatally shot
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Several activists and lawyers spoke at an emotional news conference Thursday to continue raising questions about the lack of transparency in the case, a week after officials said Smith fired from his car as a task force led by the U.S. Marshals Service tried to arrest him on a warrant from Ramsey County on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a gun.
Crow Wing County Attorney Donald F. Ryan has reviewed the case and determined the actions of the U.S. Marshal Task Force were exercised lawfully, further stating that Smith had pointed his weapon at a responding deputy during the incident this past summer.
Members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force fatally shot Smith in an Uptown parking lot in June.
Longtime prosecutor in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, announced the decision Monday