Police SUV Crashes Into Missouri Gay Bar After Running Red Light, Lawyer Claims

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Surveillance footage shared by an attorney for a St. Louis bar shows that the police officer who crashed into the bar ran a red light moments before the incident. The officer, who was distracted by his police radio, overcorrected and collided with the bar's front wall. The co-owner of the bar was arrested and charged with assault and resisting arrest, but the felony charge was later reduced to a misdemeanor. The police department has not released body camera footage of the incident, and the officers involved remain on active duty while the incident is being investigated.
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- St. Louis police ran red light seconds before crashing into bar, lawyer says St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- City officials saw bodycam footage after police SUV crashed into bar – Source KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis
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- LGBTQ+ community leaders talk about fragile relationship with SLMPD, fractured further by Bar:PM crash KSDK.com
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