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KARE 11 Investigates: Race increasingly listed as 'unknown' in MPD Use of Force reports A KARE 11 Investigation reveals skyrocketing incidents where MPD claims not to know the race of people they use force against – even when it appears obvious. Author: Brandon Stahl (KARE11), A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert Published: 4:35 PM CDT July 8, 2021 Updated: 10:31 PM CDT July 8, 2021 George Floyd square turned into a chaotic scene after Minneapolis police officers ran in chasing a carjacking suspect last December 4. Onlookers hurled obscenities at the offi...

Photo: KSTP. Created: July 07, 2021 04:49 PM KSTP - The Minneapolis Police Department has identified the officer who was behind the wheel of the squad car that crashed into another vehicle early Tuesday morning, killing a man. According to documents posted to the Minneapolis Police Department's website, Officer Brian Cummings was pursuing a carjacking and robbery suspect in north Minneapolis when he crashed into a Jeep Liberty driven by 40-year-old Leneal Lamont Frazier, who died in the crash. Police said the chase started when an officer found a carjacked vehicle ne...

 bystander who filmed the murder of George Floyd, has experienced enough trauma to last a lifetime. Yet she's grieving the loss of another Black man at the hands of Minneapolis police.  This time, the victim is not a stranger, not a man she happened upon as he was pinned under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer – a chance encounter that thrust her into an international spotlight because she was brave enough to pull out her phone and record what she, a 17-year-old, knew was wrong. This time, the victim is her uncle. Leneal Lamont Frazier, 40, died Tuesday after his vehicle was st...

Email MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The uncle of a teenager who recorded the last moments of George Floyd’s life in a video that helped launch a global protest movement against racial injustice has died in a crash involving a Minneapolis police car, officials confirmed Wednesday. 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 said was pursuing another driver linked to several robberies. Leneal Frazier’s death was verified in a news release Wednesday by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, who listed ...

Copy shortlink: Mourners on Wednesday night blocked off the intersection where a Minneapolis police squad had crashed into and killed an innocent driver during a police pursuit the day before. Using their cars, they barricaded the intersection from all sides, rejecting police requests to open up the intersection. One irate driver confronted the crowd, sending people running in a panic, and then left. Cheryl Frazier said family and friends would remain at the site all night. The victim was her brother, Leneal Frazier, 40, of St. Paul. She said he was a father of six chi...