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St. Louis police SUV plows into bar; department vows thorough investigation

St. Louis police are pledging a thorough investigation after a police SUV slammed into a bar. But supporters of the bar question why one of the owners was arrested in the aftermath of the accident, while the officers in the SUV were not tested for intoxication. No one was hurt early Monday when the police car struck the front of Bar:PM in south St. Louis but the front window was smashed. Video footage released Wednesday by Javad Khazaeli, the attorney for the bar owners, showed what he said was the...

A police SUV slammed into a bar in St. Louis. Police response drawing scrutiny

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis police are pledging a thorough investigation after a police SUV slammed into a bar. But supporters of the bar question why one of the owners was arrested in the aftermath of the accident, while the officers in the SUV were not tested for intoxication. No one was hurt early Monday when the police car struck the front of Bar:PM in south St. Louis but the front window was smashed. Video footage released Wednesday by Javad Khazaeli, the attorney for the bar owners, showed what he...

St. Louis Police SUV That Hit Bar:PM Ran a Red Light Moments Earlier

New video shows a St. Louis Police SUV running a red light moments before it smashed into Bar:PM early Sunday morning. The video, posted to Twitter last night, shows the SUV on South Broadway headed north, past the intersection at Nagel, and blowing through a red light. The video was posted by Javad Khazaeli, the attorney for the bar’s co-owner, Chad Morris, whom police placed under arrest after crashing into his establishment. Khazaeli says that it was only seconds after the video was taken that the SUV swerved across two...