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...