The story of the Minnesota trooper who killed a teenager (gift link) while speeding without his lights or siren gets worse and worse.
Before this fatal crash, he had been reprimanded four times for similar driving behavior that led to crashes, some of which involved injuries:
The State Patrol declined to answer questions about how [Officer] Roper was allowed to continue in his job despite four prior reprimands for careless driving. Retired Lt. Col. Rochelle Schrofer, who wrote three of the four complaints against Roper, also declined the Star Tribune's request to discuss the charges.
An investigation into the May fatal crash found Roper was traveling 83 mph coming off Hwy. 52 onto a busy Rochester intersection near Apache Mall when he slammed into the passenger side of a car occupied by Flores, who died as a result of blunt-force injuries.
The investigation also revealed that earlier the same day, Roper — who had a 20-year-old passenger participating in a "ride-along" — had engaged in high-speed driving without emergency signals four times, at one point reaching 135 mph. Roper reportedly told the passenger his driving that day was "normal behavior for him."
Roper was charged with second degree manslaughter a few days ago, plus eight other charges.
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