Cop Involved In Taser Incident No Longer With MPD (WCCO)

Cop Involved In Taser Incident No Longer With MPD:

A Minneapolis Police officer who was caught on camera using a Taser on a man who said he had already surrendered is no longer with the force. Sources confirmed to WCCO that Todd Lappegaard, who had already been involved and reprimanded once before for using deadly force before, was no longer working for the Minneapolis Police Department.

On April 30, 2009, Rolando Ruiz was arrested near the Minneapolis 2nd Precinct near Central Avenue... Video from Lappegaard's dashboard camera caught the scene. The video didn't show what happened before Ruiz was told to put his hands on the hood, but it did show Lappegaard use a Taser on the back of Ruiz's neck. Ruiz said he had already surrendered when Lappegaard used the Taser on him. He is suing the City of Minneapolis and Lappegaard for the sum of $400,000.