Monday, August 17, 2009

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.

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