Mpls. taser suit headed to federal court (Star Tribune)

Mpls. taser suit headed to federal court:

A civil lawsuit over a Minneapolis police officer's use of a Taser on an 18-year-old is headed to federal court... Rolando Demetrio Ruiz sued last month in Hennepin County District Court over an April incident outside the 2nd Precinct headquarters in northeast Minneapolis. Albert Goins, a lawyer for Ruiz, has released video footage of the incident and has said Lappegaard was the officer who held a Taser to the back of Ruiz's neck for at least 15 seconds after the teen surrendered...