The North Dakota man accused of killing a teenager with his car after a “political argument” said he did not understand the charges against him during a recent court appearance. Shannon Brandt, 41, spent a few days in a Stutsman County jail on criminal charges related to the death of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson before posting $50,000 bail and being released, according to county jail records. He is charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. “I don’t understand the differences,” he told a judge during a court hearing Monday before being released, according to video from a local news outlet. Brandt objected to the bail amount, saying he was not a flight risk. MAN KILLED EMMANUEL WITH VEHICLE AFTER POLITICAL DISPUTE, CLAIMS VICTIM WAS DEMOPOULUS “AKREMISTIS” Shannon Brandt, 41, is charged in the death of a North Dakota teenager, which she claimed was a political dispute. (Foster County Sheriff) “I have a job, a life, a home and things I don’t want to see go by the wayside — family that are very important to me,” he said. Bradt was arrested Sunday morning after he told first responders he hit the teenager because the pedestrian was threatening him,” according to a probable cause affidavit provided to Fox News Digital Wednesday morning. “He stated that the pedestrian called some people and Brad was afraid they were going to come get him,” the document continues. “Brad admitted on state radio that he hit the pedestrian and that the pedestrian was a member of a Republican extremist group.” The North Dakota Highway Patrol reported Sunday that there was a “street dance” on Jones Street near Hohneck Street in McHenry when Brandt struck Ellingson and then fled the scene. Ellingson was rushed to a local hospital with serious injuries where he died. Brandt and Ellingson’s families both appeared on the scene soon after after the police arrivedcourt records show. Ellingson’s parents said they knew Brad, but didn’t think the teenager did. His mother described how she was on her way to pick up her son from McHenry when he called her and said “that ‘he’ or ‘they’ were after him”. She could no longer reach him after that. “Brad admitted to hitting the pedestrian with his car because he had a political dispute with the pedestrian and believed the pedestrian was calling for people to come get him,” the court document continued. “Brad admitted to leaving the scene and returning a short time later where he called 911.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP A breathalyzer test later showed Brandt’s blood alcohol level was above the legal limit of 0.08.
