The owners of a gay bar in St. Louis were getting ready to relax Sunday night when a police vehicle crashed through the front of their business, Bar:PM.
Sorry folks, this didn’t look paywalled for me when I posted it.
“I was in bed. I heard a loud bang. I felt the building shake. I ran down from upstairs. He actually apologized to me.," Pence told Fox 2. "He said ‘I literally swerved to miss a dog.’ He was very–he was actually extremely nice. He was the nicest officer out there.”
The cops keep changing their story. It’s been at least a dog and a parked car that I know of. Then there’s the bodycam footage they won’t release. Then there’s the security cam footage showing them run a redlight (dramatically) seconds before the collision. They also didn’t breathalyze the office or otherwise test him for DWI.
Each of the above points is supported by one or more of the links below.
“I was in bed. I heard a loud bang. I felt the building shake. I ran down from upstairs. He actually apologized to me.," Pence told Fox 2. "He said ‘I literally swerved to miss a dog.’ He was very–he was actually extremely nice. He was the nicest officer out there.”
The cops keep changing their story. It’s been at least a dog and a parked car that I know of. Then there’s the bodycam footage they won’t release. Then there’s the security cam footage showing them run a redlight (dramatically) seconds before the collision. They also didn’t breathalyze the office or otherwise test him for DWI.
Each of the above points is supported by one or more of the links below.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/st-louis-police-ran-red-light-seconds-before-crashing-into-bar-lawyer-says/article_0f83a914-9fa7-11ee-82b6-e79f499ffa19.html (includes video)
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/police-wont-release-body-camera-footage-in-suvs-crash-into-st-louis-bar/article_c9a5b148-a10a-11ee-a8b2-2f4609f45b8c.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvme3/st-louis-gay-bar-police-crash
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/st-louis-police-suv-that-hit-bar-pm-ran-a-red-light-moments-earlier-41489947