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A man in Edina, Minnesota, is facing charges after allegedly impersonating a police officer and engaging in a dangerous chase with a real officer. According to prosecutors, the suspect posed as law enforcement, attempted to evade a legitimate traffic stop, and led police on a rolling cat-and-mouse pursuit before ultimately being apprehended. Authorities say the man’s actions not only put the responding officer at risk but also endangered the public, and he now faces multiple charges related to impersonation and fleeing arrest

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00:00A man posed his cop and rolling cat and mouse with real officer fleeing arrest in Adena.
00:06A man from Invergrove Heights who allegedly impersonated a police officer
00:09while trying to pull over an actual police officer. Here's Lou Raguse.
00:1547-year-old Luke Reuter is charged with impersonating an officer, fleeing, and assault
00:20with a dangerous weapon, his own car. According to the criminal complaint, Reuter, who also goes
00:25by Luke Eichen, started following, cutting off, and filming a Maple Grove police officer
00:30in an unmarked squad car on Highway 169.
00:33I'm going to tell you right now, there is nothing funnier than Loubergoose.
00:37Loubergoose stole the show because how the hell can I follow a name like Loubergoose?
00:43But what's up with these 40-plus-year-old men that all of a sudden they want to be police officers?
00:48They don't even want to be real police officers. They just want to order a bunch of crap online
00:53and play dress-up, Mr. Potato Head cop, TikTok shop cop. Since you love costumes so much,
00:59there's a group of people, there's a whole community of people that put on costumes every
01:03day with furry little animals, and they go have group sex with each other. Doesn't that
01:08sound a lot more satisfying than riding around pretending to be a cop, Kindle cop?
01:13We have been asking for stronger penalties for those that impersonate law enforcement officers,
01:21and yet it's just a slap on the wrist.
01:24A man allegedly posing as a police officer played a rolling game of cat and mouse on Twin
01:28Cities highways with a real cop. He was stopped and got out of his vehicle in Adina, but then
01:34quickly drove off to evade arrest according to charges like a pussy because if you're imitating
01:40a cop, you must think you could do a better job than a trained police officer. Why would you run?
01:45Why wouldn't you just stand there and say, I think I could do a better job than you?
01:48Luke Aaron Reuter, 47, of Inver Grove Heights, was charged in Hennepin County District Court
01:55with second-degree assault, fleeing police, and impersonating an officer in connection with the
02:00incident Thursday that spans several miles. Reuter, who also has gone by Luke Eichen,
02:06was arrested in jail that same night. He has since been released on bail and is doing court
02:12on November 4th. In a phone call and an email Wednesday to the Minnesota Star Tribune,
02:18Reuter said the allegations are 100% made up. Now that's what I call stupid, kids. How the hell
02:24could this be made up when the real cop didn't even know the Kendall cop until the Kendall cop tried
02:30to pull the real cop over? They would have never met each other. I think they're trying to bully
02:34people, especially drivers. Hey, you cut me off back there. I'm an off-duty cop. Can I see your
02:40license? Yeah, now I got your address and your license plate. But if you give me some money,
02:45I'll look the other way this time. One of these days, one of these loonies are going to bump into
02:50someone smuggling guns for the cartel. And the only thing that's going to be left of them is a
02:55partial print. He explained that he was starting his day delivering packages. So that was after you
03:00ended your day of being a fake police officer in his own vehicle that had Amazon signs affixed
03:06when a driver he didn't know at the time was a police officer cut right in front of me. Reuter
03:12insisted that at no point did I flee from law enforcement, commit a crime, or endanger anyone.
03:18My actions were solely to document and report a person whose behavior on the road caused me
03:23concern for my safety and the safety of others. That sounds very rehearsed. When the officers stopped
03:29to call for backup, Reuter allegedly approached wearing this anti-ice cap. With a red light in his car,
03:35claiming to be recording with a body camera as if making a traffic stop before nearly running over
03:40the officer when he tried to arrest Reuter. Court papers say police later found a police-style
03:46flashlight and multiple flashing lights in Reuter's car. Once both vehicles were stopped,
03:51Reuter wearing a baseball cap with a profane message about U.S. immigration and customs enforcement,
03:57his baseball cap said F ice on it. And if you're a real cop, you would not wear that cap no matter how
04:03you feel about ice. Got out of his SUV and walked toward the officer. Reuter said he was wearing a
04:09body camera and pointed his cell phone as if he was conducting a traffic stop. The charges added.
04:15Wait a minute. How are you going to be a cop and an Amazon delivery driver at the same time? What if
04:19you have to deliver a package to someone that you just pulled over? Isn't that a conflict of interest?
04:24Is this why the kids are always late getting picked up from soccer practice? You're off doing
04:29extracurricular activities with the family vehicle. You probably got a flipper sign in your window that
04:35says DoorDash, Uber, Amazon, and police. The officer told Reuter that he was under arrest. Reuter got back
04:43in his SUV and as the officer tried to block him from leaving, the SUV nearly hit the officer's legs.
04:49His stupidity is starting to pay dividends. Hours later, police caught up with Reuter in Invergrove
04:55Heights. A police search of his SUV turned up. Numerous red and blue lights, a flashlight, a camera mounted
05:02on the rearview mirror, and four interior light bars. Really playing the part, huh? A dispatcher told
05:08investigators that she took a call from someone earlier that morning claiming he had spotted someone
05:14impersonating a police officer on the eastern edge of Plymouth near highways 169 and 55. I'll follow
05:22him wherever he goes and we'll figure this out, the 911 caller allegedly said, according to the criminal
05:28complaint, which did not identify the caller. Of course, I love to hear your thoughts on this. I love
05:33to hear your opinions on this. Yes, this should get more attention because more and more people
05:38are beginning to impersonate police officers, but it especially has the concern of Minnesota law
05:44enforcement because just this past June, a man by the name of Vance Bolter dressed up as a police
05:51officer and killed House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and wounded a senator. Now, it might be
05:57just a midlife crisis, but damn, get some tattoos, go on a trip, get a motorcycle, cheat on your wife
06:03like a responsible adult, play with something safe.
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