POLICE CRASH

Teen who recorded Floyd’s arrest loses uncle in police crash

July 7, 2021

Jim Monk,

MINNEAPOLIS – The teenager who recorded the last moments of George Floyd’s life in a video that helped launch a global movement says her uncle has died in a crash involving a Minneapolis police car. Darnella Frazier said in a Facebook post that Leneal Lamont Frazier died early Tuesday after his vehicle was struck by the squad car that police…

Charges pending against drunken driver in police crash

June 7, 2021

Jim Monk,

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Charges are pending against a suspected drunken driver who crashed head-long into a St. Cloud Police officer’s squad car. The crash occurred about 6:20 a.m. Sunday. Investigators said the officer was on traveling southbound on patrol and not using his emergency lights when he saw a minivan coming at him head-on. The officer swerved but the…