Friday, August 28, 2009

Minneapolis police officers required to watch beating video (MPR)

Minneapolis police officers required to watch beating video:
Starting today, officers with the Minneapolis Police Department will be required to view a videotaped incident in which officers kicked and punched a man who they say resisted before he was arrested. Officers will be with a supervisor when they watch the video of a traffic stop recorded in February that shows an officer struggling to wrestle 42-year-old Derryl Jenkins to the ground. Backup units arrive and several of those officers punch and kick Jenkins as they try to handcuff him. Jenkins sustained cuts and bruises and was briefly hospitalized...

All Cops to Watch Police Beating Video (KMSP)

All Cops to Watch Police Beating Video:
Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan has ordered all officers on the force to watch the dash cam video of a man being punched and kicked by six officers during a traffic stop... The video shows six officers punching and kicking Derryl Jenkins, 42, during a Feb. 19 traffic stop for speeding in the area of Dowling Ave. N. and Penn Ave. N. in Minneapolis...

Minneapolis Police Will Watch Beating Video (WCCO)

Minneapolis Police Will Watch Beating Video:
Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan is ordering his force to watch squad-car video that shows a man being punched and kicked by officers... The incident happened in February. The video shows Derryl Jenkins being arrested, and six officers are seen on the tape repeatedly punching and kicking Jenkins...

Friday, August 21, 2009

Police to change review policy for dash cam videos (MPR)

Police to change review policy for dash cam videos:
Minneapolis police officials say they will make minor changes to the department's policy on videos recorded from police vehicles. The updates are a response to a videotaped incident in which officers kicked and punched a man who they say resisted before he was arrested. The changes will mean more videos will get reviewed... The video of a traffic stop recorded in February shows an officer struggling to wrestle 42-year-old Derryl Jenkins to the ground. Backup units arrive and several of those officers punch and kick Jenkins as they try to handcuff him. Jenkins sustained cuts and bruises and was briefly hospitalized...

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Derryl Jenkins Arrest Police Report (MPR)

Derryl Jenkins Arrest Police Report (document image)

Dolan expresses concern about officers' actions (MPR)

Dolan expresses concern about officers' actions:
Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan on Tuesday described an altercation between officers and a suspect during a February traffic stop as "a heck of a battle," and said he had concerns over some of the officers' actions. Dolan said it will take at least six months for the FBI to determine if his officers used excessive force in a February traffic stop. The federal agency has agreed to review a video depicting Minneapolis police officers using force to subdue a man during a February traffic stop...At one point, the squad car camera shows several officers kicking and punching Jenkins, 42, as he is lying on his stomach in a snowbank. Dolan said he saw the video and has concerns over the officers who kicked Jenkins...

What do you see in the Derryl Jenkins traffic-stop video? (MPR)

What do you see in the Derryl Jenkins traffic-stop video? (video)

(Contains dash-camera video of police beating)

Man Beaten by Minn. Police: 'No One Deserved' That (KSTP)

Man Beaten by Minn. Police: 'No One Deserved' That:

A man who's seen in a police video being kicked and punched by Minneapolis officers says he made the recording public in order to prevent the same thing happening to others. Derryl Jenkins told The Associated Press on Tuesday, "No one deserved what happened to me that night." A Minneapolis officer pulled over the 43-year-old Jenkins last February. The video shows the two talking, then struggling, and soon several other officers arrive and are seen punching and kicking Jenkins, of Brooklyn Center...

Editorial: The troubling arrest of Derryl Jenkins -- Why didn't video prompt earlier probe by Minneapolis police? (Star Tribune)

Editorial: The troubling arrest of Derryl Jenkins -- Why didn't video prompt earlier probe by Minneapolis police?
... you'd think that police would be more careful with suspects -- especially now that many squads have "dash cams.'' Yet that painful history apparently wasn't on the minds of a half dozen Minneapolis officers last winter. In February, Brooklyn Center resident Derryl Jenkins, 43, was stopped by Minneapolis police at about 3 a.m. on the city's North Side. After a scuffle with arresting officer Richard Walker, several additional officers arrived and began punching and kicking Jenkins...

Monday, August 17, 2009

FBI to review video of Mpls arrest, beating (MPR)

FBI to review video of Mpls arrest, beating:
The FBI has agreed to review a video depicting Minneapolis police officers using force to subdue a man during a February traffic stop. At one point, the squad car camera shows several officers kicking and punching Derryl Jenkins, 42, as he is lying on his stomach in a snowbank. Officers claimed Jenkins was speeding and that he fought with officers. But those charges were later dropped...

Police car footage of Derryl Jenkins' arrest (MPR)

Police car footage of Derryl Jenkins' arrest (video)

(MPR: This video, provided by Attorney Paul Edlund, shows six Minneapolis Police Officers punching and kicking Derryl Jenkins, 42, during a traffic stop on Feb. 19 in north Minneapolis.)

Chief Reviews Mpls Police Beating Video (KMSP)

Chief Reviews Mpls Police Beating Video:
Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan has reviewed the dash cam video of officers beating a man stopped for speeding and says he will ask the FBI to investigate the case... Jenkins' attorney says charges in that case where eventually dropped, but he's now considering a lawsuit against the Minneapolis Police Department.

Alleged Police Brutality in Minneapolis (KMSP)

Alleged Police Brutality in Minneapolis:
A Minneapolis man is claiming he's the victim of police brutality after a traffic stop put him in the hospital. Derryl Jenkins, 42, was stopped for speeding in February. A criminal complaint obtained by FOX 9 says Jenkins was driving 15 mph over the speed limit in the area of Dowling Ave. and Penn Ave. in north Minneapolis... After reviewing the video, [Minneapolis Police Chief Tim] Dolan released the following statement Monday: "... Some of the actions of responding officers, specifically the kicking of the suspect, give me concern; because of this, I am asking for an outside review by the FBI. Additionally, the incident has been referred to my Internal Affairs and Training Units for a review of our arrest procedures in dealing with suspects resisting arrest."

PHOTOS Minneapolis Police Beating Victim (KMSP)

PHOTOS Minneapolis Police Beating Victim:
Derryl Jenkins, 42, was stopped for speeding in February. A criminal complaint obtained by FOX 9 says Jenkins was driving 15 mph over the speed limit in the area of Dowling Ave. N. and Penn Ave. N. in Minneapolis... After reviewing the video, Dolan released the following statement: "I have reviewed the videos of the arrest of Mr. Jenkins by Officer Walker. Hand to hand fighting with a suspect on the street is one of the most dangerous encounters for police officers. Officer Walker’s actions all appear to be very appropriate. Some of the actions of responding officers, specifically the kicking of the suspect, give me concern; because of this, I am asking for an outside review by the FBI. Additionally, the incident has been referred to my Internal Affairs and Training Units for a review of our arrest procedures in dealing with suspects resisting arrest..."
(Article includes slide show with 18 photos)

Man Accuses Mpls. Police of Brutality (KSTP)

Man Accuses Mpls. Police of Brutality:
The Minneapolis Police chief says he will review a video showing six of his officers punching and kicking a 42-year-old man during a traffic stop... Jenkins had to have seven stitches above his eye after the six officers punched and kicked him during the incident. Jenkins was with charged assault and refusing to submit to alcohol tests, but those charges have been dropped...
(article includes link to police dashboard video)

FBI Agrees to Investigate MPD Brutality Claim (KSTP)

FBI Agrees to Investigate MPD Brutality Claim:
The FBI has agreed to investigate the police brutality claims of a man whose arrest was recorded by a Minneapolis squad car dashboard camera. Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan asked the FBI to investigate Derryl Jenkins' claim after viewing the video. The video shows six officers punching and kicking Jenkins, 42, during a traffic stop in Minneapolis in February...

Tale of the tape in arrest (Star Tribune)

Tale of the tape in arrest:
... Walker maneuvered Jenkins into a position where he was face-down in a snowbank, his sweat pants pulled down during the struggle and his bare buttocks exposed. Walker lay on top of him, waiting for backup. Several other officers soon arrived and started punching and kicking Jenkins. One officer stunned Jenkins three times with a Taser, the first two times without effect, the officers said. Jenkins eventually lay motionless, face down. Each of the officers involved filed a report afterward. All said they were working to subdue Jenkins, whose muscles were tight and resistant...

[Derryl Jenkin's attorney Paul] Edlund said he learned of the video's existence about two weeks after the incident, and obtained it from the Hennepin County Attorney's Office. "If they falsify police reports when they know it's on video, what are they doing when it isn't on video?" Edlund asked.

Raw: MPD Arrest Video Under Investigation (WCCO)

Raw: MPD Arrest Video Under Investigation (video)

MPD chief asking FBI to review violent arrest tape (City Pages)

MPD chief asking FBI to review violent arrest tape:
When 42-year-old Derryl Jenkins was pulled over in February as he drove through north Minneapolis, the altercation that followed left him at the hospital with a bloodied and bruised faced. He had to receive seven stitches above his eye after he was punched and kicked by six officers on the scene.
Jenkins said he was a victim of police brutality and now he has a squad video that shows it. Now Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan is asking the FBI to review the tape for any wrongdoing by officers that came on to the scene. Officer Richard Walker pulled Jenkins over around 3 a.m. for allegedly driving 15 miles-per-hour over the speed limit. After Walker is seen wrestling Jenkins to the ground, he calls for back up and other officers arrived shortly after. In the video, the officers are seen repeatedly punching and kicking Jenkins as they try to arrest him...

Dolan to ask FBI to examine tape of arrest, fight (Star Tribune)

Dolan to ask FBI to examine tape of arrest, fight:

Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan said today he will ask the FBI to investigate an incident in which a squad car video captured police punching and kicking a man as they tried to arrest him in February after a stop for speeding...Jenkins was stopped by Minneapolis police at 3 a.m. Feb. 19 on Penn Avenue N. for allegedly going 15 miles per hour over the speed limit. He ended up at North Memorial Medical Center, his face bloodied and bruised. He required seven stitches above his eye after six officers punched and kicked him while he was face-down in a snowbank. He was treated at the hospital and then jailed for four days...

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Police car footage of Jenkins' arrest (Star Tribune)

Police car footage of Jenkins' arrest (video)

(Star Tribune: This video from a police car of the arrest of 42-year-old Derryl Jenkins contains strong language. The audio is from police radio and from a cell phone message left by Jenkins on a friend's phone. Video provided by attorney Paul Edlund.)

Reporter's Notebook: Controversial traffic stop (Star Tribune)

Reporter's Notebook: Controversial traffic stop (video)

(Star Tribune: Reporters Rochelle Olson and David Chanen discuss the controversial traffic stop of Derryl Jenkins by Minneapolis police last February.)

Man Accuses Mpls. Police Of Unprovoked Beating (WCCO)

Man Accuses Mpls. Police Of Unprovoked Beating:
The Minneapolis police chief says he will review a video showing six of his officers punching and kicking a 42-year-old man during a traffic stop. Chief Tim Dolan says he will review the video of Derryl Jenkins' arrest on Monday... Jenkins had to have seven stitches above his eye after the six officers punched and kicked him during the incident...