{"id":1655545,"date":"2022-09-23T18:05:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T22:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1655545"},"modified":"2022-09-23T18:05:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T22:05:46","slug":"no-evidence-republican-teen-killed-in-north-dakota-was-extremist-highway-patrol-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-evidence-republican-teen-killed-in-north-dakota-was-extremist-highway-patrol-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"No Evidence Republican Teen Killed in North Dakota Was Extremist: Highway Patrol Captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-evidence-republican-teen-killed-in-north-dakota-was-extremist-highway-patrol-captain%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1655545&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>North Dakota Highway Patrol Captain Bryan Niewind has dismissed Shannon Brandt\u2019s claim that the 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson who he killed was a Republican extremist.<\/p>\n<p>Brandt struck Ellingson with his SUV following a street dance in McHenry, North Dakota, early Sunday. Ellingson was admitted to a hospital in Carrington, where he was pronounced dead. Later that day, investigators arrested Brandt at his home, after which Brandt admitted to having purposely hit the boy following a political argument.<\/p>\n<p>In the court document, Brandt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/north-dakota-official-says-no-evidence-supports-suspects-claim-teen-was-republican-extremist\">said<\/a> that he thought Ellingson was part of a \u201cRepublican extremist group\u201d and that he had called for some people to go after Brandt, according to Fox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no evidence to support the claim Brandt made about Ellingson,\u201d Niewind told the media outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his death, Ellingson had called his mother and asked whether she knew Brandt, the probable cause affidavit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/shannon-brandt-vehicular-homicide-cayler-ellingson-says-he-hit-teen-after-political-argument-north-dakota\/\">said<\/a>, CBS News reported. The teenager made another call a short while later, saying \u201cthat \u2018he\u2019 or \u2018they\u2019 were chasing him,\u201d according to the affidavit. She could not reach her son after the call.<\/p>\n<p>Brandt also told investigators that he had been drinking alcohol before hitting Ellingson. A chemical breath test showed Brandt\u2019s blood alcohol content to be above 0.08 percent\u2014above the legal limit for driving.<\/p>\n<p>Brandt was taken to the Stutsman County Jail but was released on Tuesday after posting a bond of $50,000. He is being charged with criminal vehicular homicide and leaving the crash scene involving a death. Brandt had initially left the scene of the crime after hitting Ellingson but later came back, called 9-1-1, and left.<\/p>\n<p> Biden\u2019s Speech <\/p>\n<p>Ellingson\u2019s death has triggered further backlash against President Joe Biden, who had recently painted Republican supporters in an extremely negative light. In a primetime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-accuses-trump-maga-republicans-of-extremism-in-rare-primetime-address_4706064.html\">address<\/a> on Sept. 1, Biden claimed \u201cMAGA Republicans\u201d are threatening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Dakota Highway Patrol Captain Bryan Niewind has dismissed Shannon Brandt\u2019s claim that the 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson who he killed was a Republican extremist. Brandt struck Ellingson with his SUV following a street dance in McHenry, North Dakota, early Sunday. Ellingson was admitted to a hospital in Carrington, where he was pronounced dead. 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