WINONA, Minn. — A Winona police officer was attacked by a woman during a traffic stop because she didn’t want her friend, who was driving, hassled. While the friend was being put through a standard field sobriety test, the woman charged out the passenger door and shouted at the officer. She punched him in the chest with both hands and bent back his thumb. Off balance and his thumb sprained, the officer dropped his radio. A second officer arrived and restored order. When all was said and done, things didn’t end well end for Trinity Rose Knutsen, 23, of Red Wing. She was booked for assault. Meanwhile he driver, Muhammad Rahshawn Bush, 32, of Rochester failed field sobriety tests.
