Man claimed he rammed St. Louis police car ‘for the black people’
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By Joel Currier, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A Bellefontaine Neighbors man was charged Sunday with ramming a St. Louis squad car and injuring two city officers on Friday night.
Kevin Labriado in an unrelated mug shot from 2007
Kevin Labriado, 48… was charged Sunday with two counts of second-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and child endangerment.
Police said in court records that Labriado rammed a police car from behind about 8:35 p.m. Friday. The two officers in the car… were on patrol at the time and believed it was an accident until Labriado struck their squad car a second time.
Labriado tried to drive off but struck a city fire hydrant, court records say. Police grabbed him, and as they were arresting him, Labriado yelled several times that “This is for the black people!”…
The officers were not seriously hurt. They and everyone in Labriado’s vehicle… were treated at a hospital for minor injuries.
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