Mpls. council settles suit against cop for $125K (Pioneer Press)

Mpls. council settles suit against cop for $125K:

The Minneapolis City Council has agreed to pay about $125,000 to settle allegations that a police officer used excessive force. Officer Sherry Appledorn was accused of using a stun gun, kicking and hitting a suspect after he surrendered. A lawyer for the suspect said the officer's account of the incident didn't match a recording made by a police camera. The city council agreed unanimously Friday to pay $75,000 plus an estimated $50,000 in attorney's fees. Appledorn is still on the police force after serving a 20-hour suspension and receiving a letter of reprimand...

Mpls. settles police brutality case involving car break-ins suspect (KARE)

Mpls. settles police brutality case involving car break-ins suspect:

The city of Minneapolis will pay $125,000 to settle a police brutality case involving a man arrested for breaking into cars at a downtown parking ramp. Nicholas Kastner of Roseville will get $75,000. The rest of the money will go towars attorney's fees... Kastner's attorney said in ramp surveillance video, his client could be seen getting out of the passenger side door without any resistance. The video shows Officer Sherry Appledorn repeatedly striking Kastner. His lawyer also says Appledorn shocked Kastner twice with her Taser. The Minneapolis city council unanimously approved the settlement Friday afternoon in a closed session...

Mpls. council settles suit against cop for $125K (KSTP)

Mpls. council settles suit against cop for $125K:

The Minneapolis City Council has agreed to pay about $125,000 to settle allegations that a police officer used excessive force. Officer Sherry Appledorn was accused of using a stun gun, kicking and hitting a suspect after he surrendered...

Minneapolis settles cop brutality case (Star Tribune)

Minneapolis settles cop brutality case:

A man who was caught breaking into cars in a downtown Minneapolis parking ramp will be paid $75,000 by the city after videos showed a police office kicking him repeatedly and tasing him as he lay on the pavement. The City Council on Friday approved that settlement of the man's federal lawsuit, plus attorney fees that his lawyer, Frederick Goetz, estimates at about $50,000... According to Kastner's lawsuit, officer Sherry Appledorn "stomped on his back, kicked him at least a dozen times and shocked him at least twice with her Taser." Goetz said that Appledorn's partner, Joseph Will, also punched Kastner's head. The incident was captured by ramp cameras and cameras in the squad car and Taser...

Mpls settles another police misconduct suit (MPR)

Mpls settles another police misconduct suit:

The Minneapolis City Council Friday approved another six-figure payout to settle a police misconduct lawsuit. The settlement calls for a payment of $75,000 plus attorney fees, which are expected to cost another $50,000...The suit was brought by Nicholas Kastner after an incident in 2008, when officers Sherry Appeldorn and Joseph Will stomped, tasered and punched Kastner while he was lying still on his stomach...

Mpls. City Council pays for officer's lawsuit (KSTP)

Mpls. City Council pays for officer's lawsuit:

Minneapolis City Council agreed, Friday, to pay to settle a police officer's excessive force lawsuit. Police officer, Sherry Appledorn, allegedly kicked, tased and hit Nicolas Kastner after he surrendered. The incident was recorded by a police camera. Kastner's lawyer said Appledorn's account of the incident did not match the video tape...

Man Beaten By Mpls. Police Will Get More Than $75K (WCCO)

Man Beaten By Mpls. Police Will Get More Than $75K:

A man who was beaten by a Minneapolis Police Officer will be getting a settlement. In Dec. 2008, Nicholas Kastner and another man were caught breaking into cars in a downtown parking ramp. The other man was driving as they left the ramp, but Kastner was riding along as the car they were in rammed Officer Sherry Appledorn's squad car. On surveillance video, Kastner can be seen lying facedown on the ground next to the car. The man who had been driving ran off. The crux of the case was that Kastner didn't resist, but Appledorn stomped on his back, kicked him and shocked him at least twice with her Taser, according to the federal lawsuit....

Mpls. settles police brutality lawsuit (KSTP)

Mpls. settles police brutality lawsuit:

The City of Minneapolis reached a settlement with a man who was seen on surveillance video being kicked by a police officer and zapped with a Taser. The city agreed to pay Nicholas Kastner to drop his lawsuit, according to the minutes of a settlement conference held Tuesday in federal court. Specific details were not released...

MPD Officer to Contest Alleged Brutality Suspension (KSTP)

MPD Officer to Contest Alleged Brutality Suspension:

A Minneapolis police officer plans to contest her unpaid suspension, which was handed down by the chief in connection with a case of alleged police brutality. Sherry Appledorn, a 16-year department veteran, was caught on a parking garage surveillance tape repeatedly kicking a man suspected of breaking into cars...

Man Claims Mpls. Unnecessarily Used Taser (KSTP)

Man Claims Mpls. Unnecessarily Used Taser:

A man is accusing Minneapolis police officers of excessive force after he said they unnecessarily used a Taser on him. He says dash cam video proves his claim and his is threatening a lawsuit... This is the third accusation of police misconduct backed by video tape made against the Minneapolis police department in less than three months. In August, Derryl Jenkins accused police of excessive force for an incident in February. Video showed six officers as they punched and kicked Jenkins during a traffic stop in February. In September, Nicholas Kastner alleged police misconduct for an incident in a downtown parking ramp in December 2008. Video of the incident showed a Minneapolis officer kicking him and then using a taser on him twice.

Roseville man alleges Minneapolis police brutality (KARE)

Roseville man alleges Minneapolis police brutality:

In the last several weeks, Minneapolis police officers sworn to uphold the law have been under fire, some for allegedly breaking it and others for putting the department in a light that has some members of the public questioning its integrity. It's the last thing police chief Tim Dolan wants anyone to think. "We wanted to make sure that people know things aren't running amok in the Minneapolis Police Department," says Dolan. Last month, a police car video surfaced showing officers kicking and punching a man while arresting him. This week, we learned seven Minneapolis officers are named in a state report for allegedly committing crimes as members of the metro gang strike force. And now, there's another video of an alleged beating of a suspect at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer...

Kastner gets out on the passenger side, his attorney says, without resistance... And that's when the alleged beating begins. Officer Appledorn is seen on the video repeatedly striking Kastner...

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Minneapolis hit with another police brutality suit, man says he was beaten during arrest (City Pages)

Minneapolis hit with another police brutality suit, man says he was beaten during arrest:

Less than a month after one man accused the Minneapolis police of beating him during an arrest, another man is also suing the city for a similar incident last year. This man also has surveillance video of the altercation, which adds some serious weight to his argument. Nicholas Kastner of Roseville was arrested in downtown Minneapolis after allegedly breaking into a car in a parking ramp. But when police went to arrest him, he says he was "lying motionless" on the ground as police "brutally attacked" him, according to the Star Tribune report...

Roseville man says Minneapolis police beat him during his arrest (Star Tribune)

Roseville man says Minneapolis police beat him during his arrest:

A man who was arrested after breaking into a car in a Minneapolis parking ramp has sued the city, claiming that he was mistreated by the police in the December incident and that a video backs him up. In the federal lawsuit, Nicholas Kastner of Roseville said he was "lying motionless" on the ground when he was "brutally attacked" by officers Sherry Appeldorn and Joseph Will. "Kastner was fully compliant" when Appledorn "stomped on his back, kicked him at least a dozen times and shocked him at least twice with her Taser gun," said the suit filed by lawyer Frederick Goetz on Kastner's behalf...

Chief Dolan Responds to Mpls. Police Brutality Case (KSTP)

Chief Dolan Responds to Mpls. Police Brutality Case:

New video released Thursday shows a man surrendering only to be beaten by Minneapolis Police—the second video of alleged police brutality in a month. The last video of alleged police misconduct released two weeks ago led Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan to order all of his 800 officers to watch a video in which six officers punched and kicked Derryl Jenkins, 42, during a traffic stop. In this new video—which is now at the center of a lawsuit and internal affairs investigation—a veteran Minneapolis officer is seen kicking a man suspected of breaking into cars in a downtown parking ramp...