I am anxious about the next time I get stopped by a police officer because I don t know what compliance means when you re Black in Minnesota.
Do I keep my hands on the steering wheel? Do I FaceTime loved ones so they can see everything as it unfolds? Am I allowed to reach into my pocket and grab my license? Should I? People of color, especially Black people, are already viewed by law enforcement as out of compliance, said Karen S. Glover, a sociology professor at California State University-San Marcos and the author of Racial Profiling: Research, Racism, and Resistance. That s where racial profiling comes from.
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A Minnesota man has been arrested after he allegedly assaulted a store employee who asked him to wear a mask and later tried to escape arrest with a police officer still clinging to his truck, authorities said.
Luke Alvin Oeltjenbruns, 61, struck an employee at a Menard s home improvement store on Wednesday after the worker said he could not check out without wearing a face mask, FOX9 Minneapolis reported, citing a criminal complaint.
Oeltjenbruns allegedly tried to push his way past the worker, who still would not let him pass. The 61-year-old then hit the employee with a piece of wood from his shopping cart and slapped him about five times in the head, the complaint said.
Hutchinson man charged in attacks on Menards employee, police officer
Hutchinson man charged in attacks on Menards employee, police officer The series of confrontations took place after a cashier told the suspect to put on a face mask. April 16, 2021 5:46pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The man also allegedly dragged a police officer with his car, then hit him with a hammer.
Luke Alvin Oeltjenbruns, 61, was charged in McLeod County District Court with first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle.
The case prompted a whirlwind of discussion on social media as people pointed out that Oeltjenbruns, who is white, was relatively unscathed during the incident, while Daunte Wright, 20, who was Black, was fatally shot by a police officer in a much less initially dire situation Sunday in Brooklyn Center.
McLeod County Jail
(KNSI) – A man accused of attacking a police officer with a hammer while dragging him from his vehicle has been charged.
Luke Alvin Oeltjenbruns is charged with one count of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault, and one count fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle-bodily injury, all felonies.
The 61-year-old Hutchinson man is accused of injuring a police officer and assaulting a Menards employee over a face mask policy.
According to the criminal complaint filed Friday, Hutchinson Police responded to Menards at 1525 Montreal St. SE at 1:50 p.m. Wednesday on a report of an assault.