Minneapolis City Council approves $475K settlement in death of Leneal Frazier

The Minneapolis City Council has approved a $475,000 settlement with the family of Leneal Frazier.

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Frazier’s family sued the city after he was hit and killed by an MPD squad during a high-speed chase in 2021.

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Former officer Brian Cummings was driving around 90 mph through a residential neighborhood in north Minneapolis when he hit Frazier’s SUV. Cummings pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and was sentenced to nine months in the Hennepin County workhouse.

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James Jeremiah Jones-Drain, the suspect Cummings was pursuing, was initially charged with one count of fleeing a peace officer, which resulted in death, and two counts of theft. Those charges were later dismissed due to “an inability to prove all of the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.” 

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