Man beaten by Mpls. cops in '09 after stop files federal suit (Star Tribune)

Man beaten by Mpls. cops in '09 after stop files federal suit:

A man whose recorded beating changed how Minneapolis police handle use-of-force incidents has filed a federal excessive force lawsuit after negotiations with the city failed to yield a settlement of his claims. Derryl Jenkins filed the suit Monday based on an incident last February when police stopped him for allegedly speeding...

According to the lawsuit: When stopped, Jenkins was confused about what he allegedly did wrong, asked to speak to a supervisor, and got out of his vehicle. Officer Richard Walker wrestled him to the ground and called for backup. At least six officers punched and kicked Jenkins as he lay face down in a snowbank, and one officer stunned him three times with a Taser.Jenkins went to the hospital with facial injuries. He was charged with felony assault and refusing a blood-alcohol test, but a prosecutor and judge eventually dropped the charges. A few minutes after the incident, officer Scott Dahlquist sent a text describing it as "A GOOD FIGHT." ...

Attached to the suit are Lt. Mike Sauro's "use of force" comments. Sauro calls it a "myth" that "blows to the head are deadly force." ...

Jenkins sues Minneapolis police for beating caught on tape (City Pages)

Jenkins sues Minneapolis police for beating caught on tape:

Derryl Jenkins, the Brooklyn Center man who was stomped by Minneapolis police officers a year ago, is suing the city of Minneapolis and several officers for violating his civil rights and using excessive force. Video footage of the incident and photos of the aftermath surfaced last summer, drawing scrutiny to the Minneapolis police department. The video begins with officer Richard Walker pulling over Jenkins. After some apparent confusion, a struggle ensues and Walker pulls Jenkins' jacket over his head. Several other officers soon arrive and join in...

Man in videotaped beating sues Minneapolis police (MPR)

Man in videotaped beating sues Minneapolis police:

A Brooklyn Center man who was punched and kicked by Minneapolis police officers in an incident caught on tape has filed a federal lawsuit. Attorneys for 43-year-old Derryl Jenkins sued the officers and the city of Minneapolis on Monday, alleging the officers used excessive force and violated Jenkins' civil rights. Jenkins was stopped by police last February. A seven-minute video recorded by cameras in squad cars shows there was a struggle and one officer pulled Jenkins' hooded jacket over his head and threw him on the ground. Other officers arrived and punched and kicked him. A Taser was also used. Jenkins was charged with assault and refusing to submit to alcohol tests. But the charges were dropped...

Man in videotaped beating sues Minneapolis police (KSTP)

Man in videotaped beating sues Minneapolis police:

A Brooklyn Center man who was punched and kicked by Minneapolis police officers in an incident caught on tape has filed a federal lawsuit... Jenkins was stopped by police last February. A seven-minute video recorded by cameras in squad cars shows there was a struggle and one officer pulled Jenkins' hooded jacket over his head and threw him on the ground. Other officers arrived and punched and kicked him. A Taser was also used. Jenkins was charged with assault and refusing to submit to alcohol tests. But the charges were dropped...

Minneapolis police sued by man who was beaten during arrest (Pioneer Press)

Minneapolis police sued by man who was beaten during arrest:

A Brooklyn Center man who was punched and kicked by Minneapolis police officers in an incident caught on tape has filed a federal lawsuit... Police stopped Jenkins in February 2009. A seven-minute video recorded by cameras in squad cars shows that there was a struggle and that one officer pulled Jenkins' hooded jacket over his head and threw him on the ground. Other officers arrived and punched and kicked him. A Taser was also used...

Man In Videotaped Beating Suing Minneapolis Police (WCCO)

Man In Videotaped Beating Suing Minneapolis Police:

A Brooklyn Center man who was punched and kicked by Minneapolis police officers in an incident caught on tape has filed a federal lawsuit... [43-year-old Derryl] Jenkins was stopped by police last February. A seven-minute video recorded by cameras in squad cars shows there was a struggle and one officer pulled Jenkins' hooded jacket over his head and threw him on the ground. Other officers arrived and punched and kicked him. A Taser was also used.. Jenkins was charged with assault and refusing to submit to alcohol tests. But the charges were dropped...

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.

MPD officer writes controversial email defending officers in beating, ripping FBI (City Pages)

MPD officer writes controversial email defending officers in beating, ripping FBI:

Last month, Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan asked the FBI to investigate an incident where six police officers are caught on video beating a man during an arrest last February. He said some of the video concerned him and he wanted an outside agency to investigate the matter. The video and story became public when the man arrested in the tape, Derryl Jenkins, brought the issue to the police for further investigation of his case. He says unnecessary force was used against him. Apparently one 35-year veteran of the police force is pretty ticked off. In an email to colleagues about the incident, Lieutenant Mike Sauro defended the cops and police are backing away from his statements. His views directly contradict the concern express by his own boss. Sauro also takes a couple hits at the FBI...

The irony? Sauro has an excessive force problem of his own. The city of Minneapolis had to pay more than $1 million in the 90s after he was the subject of an excessive force civil lawsuit. Whoops!

Cop's Heated E-Mail Defends Officers In Beating (WCCO)

Cop's Heated E-Mail Defends Officers In Beating:

A 35-year veteran on the Minneapolis police force is defending colleagues accused of going too far during an arrest. But that's not all. He advocated an approach to the use of force that directly contradicts what his boss, Police Chief Tim Dolan, has said. The video showed six officers kicking and punching Derryl Jenkins in February. Last month: The city's police chief said he's concerned about some of what he sees there. He asked the FBI to investigate and told supervisors to use the video as a learning and training tool. That's when Lieutenant Mike Sauro sent an e-mail to his officers in the 4th precinct. The e-mail was titled "Use of Force." In it Sauro wrote, "What I observed was a controlled use of force by a group of highly trained professional police officers." ... Sauro is a high-profile supervisor who was the subject of an excessive force civil lawsuit that cost the city of Minneapolis more than $1 million back in the early 90s...

Minneapolis police brutality costs city some serious cash (City Pages)

Minneapolis police brutality costs city some serious cash:

Compared to St. Paul, Minneapolis's numbers for police misconduct payouts are way high: $700,000 versus $9.5 million from 2005 until today. To be fair, half of Minneapolis's payout is from one accidental shooting of a police officer: Duy Ngo. The Derryl Jenkins case has put the spotlight on how some officers with the Minneapolis Police Department treat people they arrest. Jenkins's attorney released a telltale video taken from a squad car that shows five officers beating him after he was pulled over. Chief Tim Dolan has asked the FBI to look into the matter...

In the past four years, Minneapolis paid about $9.5 million in about 80 police misconduct settlements: almost as much as the city paid in the preceding ten years, but in half the time...

Minneapolis police officers required to watch beating video (MPR)

Minneapolis police officers required to watch beating video:

Starting today, officers with the Minneapolis Police Department will be required to view a videotaped incident in which officers kicked and punched a man who they say resisted before he was arrested. Officers will be with a supervisor when they watch the video of a traffic stop recorded in February that shows an officer struggling to wrestle 42-year-old Derryl Jenkins to the ground. Backup units arrive and several of those officers punch and kick Jenkins as they try to handcuff him. Jenkins sustained cuts and bruises and was briefly hospitalized...

All Cops to Watch Police Beating Video (KMSP)

All Cops to Watch Police Beating Video:

Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan has ordered all officers on the force to watch the dash cam video of a man being punched and kicked by six officers during a traffic stop... The video shows six officers punching and kicking Derryl Jenkins, 42, during a Feb. 19 traffic stop for speeding in the area of Dowling Ave. N. and Penn Ave. N. in Minneapolis...

Minneapolis Police Will Watch Beating Video (WCCO)

Minneapolis Police Will Watch Beating Video:

Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan is ordering his force to watch squad-car video that shows a man being punched and kicked by officers... The incident happened in February. The video shows Derryl Jenkins being arrested, and six officers are seen on the tape repeatedly punching and kicking Jenkins...

Police to change review policy for dash cam videos (MPR)

Police to change review policy for dash cam videos:

Minneapolis police officials say they will make minor changes to the department's policy on videos recorded from police vehicles. The updates are a response to a videotaped incident in which officers kicked and punched a man who they say resisted before he was arrested. The changes will mean more videos will get reviewed... The video of a traffic stop recorded in February shows an officer struggling to wrestle 42-year-old Derryl Jenkins to the ground. Backup units arrive and several of those officers punch and kick Jenkins as they try to handcuff him. Jenkins sustained cuts and bruises and was briefly hospitalized...

Derryl Jenkins Arrest Police Report (MPR)

Derryl Jenkins Arrest Police Report (document image)

Dolan expresses concern about officers' actions (MPR)

Dolan expresses concern about officers' actions:

Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan on Tuesday described an altercation between officers and a suspect during a February traffic stop as "a heck of a battle," and said he had concerns over some of the officers' actions. Dolan said it will take at least six months for the FBI to determine if his officers used excessive force in a February traffic stop. The federal agency has agreed to review a video depicting Minneapolis police officers using force to subdue a man during a February traffic stop...At one point, the squad car camera shows several officers kicking and punching Jenkins, 42, as he is lying on his stomach in a snowbank. Dolan said he saw the video and has concerns over the officers who kicked Jenkins...

What do you see in the Derryl Jenkins traffic-stop video? (MPR)

What do you see in the Derryl Jenkins traffic-stop video? (video)

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Man Beaten by Minn. Police: 'No One Deserved' That (KSTP)

Man Beaten by Minn. Police: 'No One Deserved' That:

A man who's seen in a police video being kicked and punched by Minneapolis officers says he made the recording public in order to prevent the same thing happening to others. Derryl Jenkins told The Associated Press on Tuesday, "No one deserved what happened to me that night." A Minneapolis officer pulled over the 43-year-old Jenkins last February. The video shows the two talking, then struggling, and soon several other officers arrive and are seen punching and kicking Jenkins, of Brooklyn Center...

Editorial: The troubling arrest of Derryl Jenkins -- Why didn't video prompt earlier probe by Minneapolis police? (Star Tribune)

Editorial: The troubling arrest of Derryl Jenkins -- Why didn't video prompt earlier probe by Minneapolis police?

... you'd think that police would be more careful with suspects -- especially now that many squads have "dash cams.'' Yet that painful history apparently wasn't on the minds of a half dozen Minneapolis officers last winter. In February, Brooklyn Center resident Derryl Jenkins, 43, was stopped by Minneapolis police at about 3 a.m. on the city's North Side. After a scuffle with arresting officer Richard Walker, several additional officers arrived and began punching and kicking Jenkins...

FBI to review video of Mpls arrest, beating (MPR)

FBI to review video of Mpls arrest, beating:

The FBI has agreed to review a video depicting Minneapolis police officers using force to subdue a man during a February traffic stop. At one point, the squad car camera shows several officers kicking and punching Derryl Jenkins, 42, as he is lying on his stomach in a snowbank. Officers claimed Jenkins was speeding and that he fought with officers. But those charges were later dropped...