FBI to investigate Minneapolis police in traffic stop beating
Published: August 18, 2009
Updated 6 months ago
The story of 42-year-old Darryl Jenkins, a Minneapolis man who was pulled over on a cold February night for speeding and ended up in hospital with seven stitches, is now the focus of an FBI investigation.
Their investigation will likely focus on dash cam video of the incident, which Jenkins’ lawyers have made public (see below).
On February 19 of this year, Jenkins was pulled over by a police officer allegedly for driving 15 mph above the speed limit. Jenkins denied he was speeding, and when he tried to step out of his car to ask the officer to talk to his supervisor, a physical fight ensued.
Police reinforcements arrived, and six officers took to beating and Tasering Jenkins until he ended up in hospital for treatment, before being transferred to jail, where he spent four days.
Minneapolis police charged Jenkins with felony assault and — after he refused to provide a urine sample — refusing to submit to a chemical test.
On March 30, the county attorney dropped the assault charge “in the interest of justice,” the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported.
And last month a county judge threw out the charge of refusing to submit to a chemical test as well. “It’s unclear what role, if any, the video played in the dismissal,” the Star-Tribune writes.
On Monday, Minneapolis police chief Tim Dolan reviewed the dash cam video and asked the FBI to investigate the possibility of police brutality in the incident, the Twin Cities Fox affiliate reports.
In a statement, Dolan said that he believed the primary responding officer’s actions were appropriate under the circumstances, but he was concerned about the actions of the other officers who arrived to back up the arresting officer.
“Some of the actions of responding officers, specifically the kicking of the suspect, give me concern; because of this, I am asking for an outside review by the FBI. Additionally, the incident has been referred to my Internal Affairs and Training Units for a review of our arrest procedures in dealing with suspects resisting arrest,” Fox quotes Dolan as saying.
This video is from StarTribune.com, uploaded Aug. 16, 2009.
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This video is from ABC’s Good Morning America, broadcast Aug. 18, 2009.
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Rather than paying taxes to have a police force, I think we’d be better off paying protection money to the local capo (mob boss).
Clearly kicking the citizen is police brutality. However, this is classic RESISTING ARREST and there are consequences. He doesn’t deserve a nickel. My advice, if you get pulled over, don’t yell at the police officer,(not sure if he was but it sounded like it. )
Is this the alternative to tazer deployment?
(you see him strong arming the officer? failing to follow officer commands? simple…)
Clearly kicking the citizen is police brutality. However, this is classic RESISTING ARREST and there are consequences. He doesn’t deserve a nickel. My advice, if you get pulled over, don’t yell at the police officer,(not sure if he was but it sounded like it. )
Is this the alternative to tazer deployment?
(you see him strong arming the officer? failing to follow officer commands? simple…)
The Chinese and the Japanese do what you suggest. It is called Triads and Yakuza or “chinese businessmen’s association” on the level….
Like sharks smelling blood in the water, here we have yet another clear case of thugs-with-badges engaged in mob hooliganism. Fire their disgraceful asses.
Thug cops are increasingly becoming a danger to our society. ‘To Protect and Serve’ my ass. Authoritarian-minded simpletons who, without their badges and guns, couldn’t command the respect of anyone, and probably would have a hard time getting any other kind of job.
It is not against the law to get out of your car. Why are these arrogant basterds beating people up for doing it? WTF? This needs to stop! When you see someone facing these odds, DO SOMETHING. EVIL WINS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING. Step up and help out our fellow men. Do not let injustice WIN!!
Anyone think his being a Black man had anything to with it?
fuck the police another case of driving while black
as a black man everytime one these fucking cops stop me for speeding or whatever i am scared as shit at trigger happy white cops scumbags
there have to start giving different sycological axams when there hire these mothefuckers to weed out the racist gastapo mentallity most have in them
There is something to be said about our current police officers being little more than militarized revenue collection agents.
Some theories of national dementia hypothesize that it starts to show up first in government officials.
What a bunch of savages cops have become. Alarmingly, this type of barbarian behavior by cops towards citizens is becoming the norm. What happened to “protect and serve?”
I also agree with turnip that cops have become little more than armed and extremely dangerous revenue collection agents.
You could hear the guy asking “what did I do wrong?” I used to believe that cops deserved respect; now, I think they’re just a bunch of goons armed with guns and a badge going around beating up and terrorizing citizens. Cops have become more dangerous to the average citizen than the criminals they claim they are protecting us from.
Be careful out there people–particularly if you get pulled over by a cop–it would seem that they are just looking for an excuse to hurt someone.
even before I saw the photo of the victim, I thought, “I bet this poor guy is African American” and wouldn’t you know it.
Racist fucking cops taking out their anger over an African American president on any African American that crosses their path.
I hope these bastards lose their jobs and serve time. The prisoners love them some fucked up racist cops.
I’ve seen white cops beat up a white upper class doctor. My white friend was accosted by an asian cop. There is likely a race issue going on, but the problem starts before race becomes an issue. Cop mentality in general.
The only color that should be discussed is Blue. Blue against everyone else. At least they asked the feds to investigate, that’s ethical.
Specific to this traffic stop.
1) why didn’t cop ask driver to turn off engine?
2) can a cop legally make you stay in the car? If yes, then why did cop position himself inside ajar door? Seems like vulnerable location.
Yes, we are allowed to argue with a cop. I’ve done it many times. But becoming irate is pretty risky considering that bullets kill. If you bumped into an armed stranger on the street would it be wise to yell and become irate? You have the right to be a dick, but its pretty stupid.
So, if you bump into an armed cop on the street why is that any different? I vote survival over ideology in this instance.
Unless the cop says you bumped into him when you didn’t ;). Spot on dionysis, spot on. It was just like sharks smelling blood in the water. This gang mentallity is dangerous, and no matter what the chief of police said that the first officer was right in him doing what he did, the prosecutor and the Judge threw out everything after seeing what went down. They know that illegality was done in this case. Heck even the prosecutor saying what he did about justice for the victim says alot, it says he knows that this was gang mentality going on and it wasn’t policeing. And one more thing, theyhad almost 8 cops their. It doesn’t take that many to cuff a man, they where wanting to beat him up first then cuff him. That way they can say he was assaulting them (if he was handcuffed then they wouldn’t be able to say that). You mean to tell me all those guys couldn’t pull his arms behind the guys back to cuff, yea right.
Welcome to the new United States of America. A country that is a third world and it’s people don’t even know it.
I cannot, in good conscience, call them police.
They are disgusting, filthy, nazi PIGS.
I did not see any resistance from the beginning. The pig could have put the cuffs on him when he was on his belly and putting his arm out to be cuffed. Instead, the pig rolled him onto his BACK! That is NOT protocol, that is staging the body for brutality.
Those pigs are no better than gang-bangers.
Abuse of power.
Maybe Obama will offer to drink a beer with all these fascist pigs on his patio.
That would SOLVE everything …. {sarcasm}
This is an example of pure terrorism. Driving a fucking car 15 miles over the speed limit is equal to about a half a stitch per mph. He’s lucky he is not paralyzed. We don’t talk to people anymore, just wail on ‘em. Reminds me of germany when the gestapo would pull up in their cars and use axe handles on people.