August 17, 2009 - Minneapolis police officials have asked the FBI to examine a video which shows several officers punching and kicking a man who had been forced to the ground and was lying on his stomach. The video was taken in February of the arrest of Derryl Jenkins. Jenkins was pulled over and was wrestled to the ground by an officer as Jenkins exited his car. Jenkins is African American. However Jenkins' attorney Paul Edlund says neither he nor Jenkins believe race was a motivating factor for the officer who pulled him over.
August 18, 2009 - Minneapolis police chief Tim Dolan today defended the officers involved in a controverisal traffic stop. Squad car video of the February arrest of 42-year-old Derryl Jenkins shows the motorist getting out of his car, despite orders from an officer officer. The officer forced Jenkins to the ground, and called for backup. Other officers arrived and began punching and kicking Jenkins.
August 18, 2009 - Minneapolis police chief Tim Dolan is defending the officers involved in a controversial traffic stop. Dolan has asked the FBI to sort out what happened when officer Richard Walker pulled over motorist Derryl Jenkins around 3 a.m. on February 19. A squad car camera video shows Jenkins getting out of his car, contrary to Walker's orders. A struggle began and Walker called for assistance, bringing a handful of other police who punched and kicked Jenkins while he's being held face-down in the snow. Jenkins later received several stitches above his eye. Dolan told MPR News the officers will stay on duty during the investigation.
August 18, 2009 - An attorney representing a man who was punched and kicked by several Minneapolis police officers six months ago says he and his client are considering suing the police department. Attorney Paul Edlund recently released a videotape which shows his client Derryl Jenkins was lying face down in a snowbank as the officers beat him. The officers alleged that Jenkins assaulted an officer, but the charge was later dropped. Edlund says Jenkins agreed to make the video public to make more people aware of police brutality.
August 18, 2009 - It could take at least six months for the FBI to determine whether Minneapolis police officers used force appropriately in a February traffic stop. Police Chief Tim Dolan asked the FBI to review the case after he watchied a video depicting the traffic stop. At one point the squad car camera shows several officers kicking and punching 42-year-old Derryl Jenkins 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. And Jenkins' lawyer has not ruled out suing the police department. Chief Dolan says the arresting officer, Richard Walker, found himself in a difficult situation.
August 18, 2009 - Minneapolis police officials have asked the FBI to examine a video which shows several officers punching and kicking a man who had been forced to the ground and was lying on his stomach. The video was taken in February of the arrest of Derryl Jenkins. Jenkins was pulled over and was wrestled to the ground by an officer as Jenkins exited his car. Jenkins is African American. However Jenkins' attorney Paul Edlund says neither he nor Jenkins believe race was a motivating factor for the officer who pulled him over.
August 18, 2009 - The FBI has agreed to investigate the February beating of a man by Minneapolis police officers during a traffic stop. A video of the stop shows some of the officers kicking and punching 42-year-old Derryl Jenkins of Brooklyn Center while he's being held face-down in the snow. Mike Quinn, a former head of the Minneapolis Police Academy, says from what he sees in the video, the beating of Jenkins appears to be out of bounds.
August 21, 2009 - Minneapolis police officials say they will make minor changes to the department's policy on squad car videos. 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.
August 28, 2009 - Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan is requiring his department's 800 or so officers to watch a controversial traffic stop video. The video taken by a squad car camera shows an officer struggling to wrestle 42-year-old Derryl Jenkins to the ground after a February traffic stop. Officers say Jenkins resisted before he was arrested. The video shows several officers kicking and punching Jenkins as he lay face down in the snow. Police department spokesman Jesse Garcia says officers will be with a supervisor when they watch the video. He says officers will then have a chance to talk about the appropriate use of force.
August 28, 2009 - Starting today, officers with the Minneapolis Police Department will be required to view a controversial traffic stop video. A squad car camera captured a February traffic stop 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, which shows an officer struggling to wrestle 42-year-old Derryl Jenkins to the ground. Police department spokesman Jesse Garcia says there are no planned discussions after officers view the video. But they will have a chance to talk about the differences between passive resistance and aggressive resistance.