Rights violations alleged in Minneapolis tasing (Star Tribune)

Rights violations alleged in Minneapolis tasing:

Rolando Demetrio Ruiz, 18, has filed a notice of claim alleging civil rights and other violations in the April 30 incident. The notice cites the city, Police Chief Tim Dolan, officer Todd Lappegaard as well as other unknown and unnamed Minneapolis officers. The claim and video are the latest to raise questions about Minneapolis police conduct, especially in the use of force. In August, Dolan ordered all officers to watch video of a February incident in which six officers punch and kick a man face-down in a snowbank... The video, which includes sound, starts with Ruiz facing a car with his hands on the hood. An officer approaches from behind and places a Taser against the back of Ruiz's neck for 15 seconds. In the notice and in an interview, Goins identified the officer as Lappegaard...