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The FBI on Monday agreed to investigate the beating of a man by Minneapolis police officers after the city’s police chief reviewed video showing some of the officers kicking and punching the man while he was being held face-down in the snow.

Chief Tim Dolan asked the FBI to investigate the February arrest of Derryl M. Jenkins during a traffic stop, saying some of the responding officers’ actions are cause for concern.

Jenkins, who turns 43 on Tuesday, was charged with assault and refusing to submit to alcohol tests, but the charges have been dropped. Through his attorney, Jenkins said releasing the seven-minute video recorded by cameras attached to the police squad cars was in the public interest.

“He wanted to put this out there to educate and make people aware of what happened,” attorney Paul Edlund said Monday.

Jenkins, of Brooklyn Center, has said he was stopped Feb. 19 after a late-night dinner and three beers. The arresting officer accused Jenkins of driving about 15 miles over the speed limit, though Jenkins denies it.

The video shows the officer stopping Jenkins’ PT Cruiser in north Minneapolis, then opening the car’s driver’s side door to talk to him. A couple minutes later, Jenkins gets out of the car and begins to struggle with the officer. The officer pulls Jenkins’ hooded jacket over his head and throws him face-down into the snow while waiting for backup.

When five other officers arrive, several of them begin punching and kicking Jenkins as they try to apply handcuffs. A Taser is used at one point, but it is ineffective, according to police records.

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Jenkins eventually was taken to North Memorial Medical Center, where he received several stitches above his eye. He was then taken to the Hennepin County Jail.

No disciplinary action has been taken against the officers involved, and Dolan said it appears that the officer who tried to make the initial arrest acted appropriately. That officer suffered a split lip and bloody nose during the incident. Dolan issued a brief written statement Monday but declined interview requests.

Police spokesman Sgt. Jesse Garcia said the video shows how officers often have to deal with people who resist arrest, which he said can create a dangerous situation.

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Force “doesn’t look good, but sometimes it is necessary, unfortunately. And I think people that aren’t used to seeing that, it does raise concerns with them,” Garcia said.

FBI spokesman E.K. Wilson said investigators will look into the case. It’s common for the FBI to examine excessive force complaints against local law enforcement because one of its responsibilities is enforcing federal civil rights laws.

In addition, Dolan has referred the case to the department’s internal affairs and training units for a review of arrest procedures.

Edlund, Jenkins’ attorney, said those actions are a good first step. “It is good news for my client as well as the public that the Minneapolis police chief is taking it seriously,” he said.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/gren1shaw2/ gren1shaw2

    Police beat even children that are black because it’s fun to them.you should here them when they brag about beating blacks.they believe that the badge makes them roman soldiers working for god.nothing will ever be done to stop them,so why keep talking about it in your 2 minute undetailed stories,let it go. Who of the white people with the power will stop it?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Anthology777/ Anthology777

    Its a not a problem until someone says lers start policing the police. If they get out of control and use excessive force then they should be dealt with…If someone were to say that and then people actually started to do it, Then you will see people really pay attention. But all this talk is doing nothing. I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO MORE THAN TALK,.,,,,AL SHARPTON CAN TALK, JESSE CAN TALK, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SPEAK TO IGNORANT IDIOTS IN A LANGUAGE THEY UNDERSTAND. I do not advocate beating up police or cop killing but things like this make me understand fully those that do. Police need to police themseleves ….AND YOU WONDER WHY PEOPLE SCREAM F THE POLICE ! CAUSE THE BIGGEST THUGS WEAR THE BADGES !

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JAY_DONT_DO_DARK_HOZ/ JAY_DONT_DO_DARK_HOZ

    SEE SHIIT LIKE THIS PISSES ME OFF TO THE FULLEST THEN THEY WONDER WHY WE SHOOT @ POLICE AND DONT TRUST THEM………FUUCKIN PIGS MAKE ME SICK I HOPE THEY ALL BURN IN HELL…….CROOKED BASTARDS…..THATS WHY I LOL WHEN I SEE POLICE GET SHOT @ OR KILLED……R.I.PISS U PIGS

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jayski35/ jayski35

    the crazy part of all of the beatings is the police always get off when they do it. wonder what each state would do if the people start taking on the corrupt police handling them just as they would handle us. because this is getting out of hand. but the real bad part is when they beat up on black people, nothing happens to the police but when they beat a white person it makes the front page of the papers and is all over the news. i dont think communities want to see all the blacks come together as one n start up some real s**t. just something for people to think about

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MonsterSlanga/ MonsterSlanga

    sad thing about this is even if the FBI is investigating this the cops still gonna get off

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jones257/ Jones257

    Bp just trying to hype things up

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MS_KABOOM/ MS_KABOOM

    Wow!!!! These things..Not men…but things just jumped out of their cars and just started punching…I’m so out done…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/EdibleArt/ EdibleArt

    This has got to stop. I mean Come on

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mr_Patches/ Mr_Patches

    I’m so convinced that cops are gay. Why do they love to touch us so much? They always want to search somebody for no reason. If they can’t search us, then they give us these violent love taps. On the real tip, it never takes all this to get somebody to comply. Let alone all those cops? They only do this s**t when it’s 6 of them and 1 of us. Like what is 1 black man gonna do to all of you cops with guns and s**t? Is it me, or have the pigs been more and more out of line since we got a black president? Idk but damn.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mrcoldazice/ mrcoldazice

    You know who are the biggest cowards out of all this??Not the WHITE cops who have to gang up on one BLACK person to arrest him!It’s BLACKPEOPLE ourselves!We allow the sh*t to keep happening because we don’t fight the system!!All we want to do is stack cheese and rely on expensive thing to define us!WE ARE THE TARGET!!THEY ARE TRYING TO GET RID OF US BECAUSE THEY HATE US!!WAKE UP BLACK AMERICA!!Stop going to church praying to God to change the WHITEDEVIL’s cruel heart!!It’s to evil!!We need an uprise of capable leaders to go up against the system!!F**Jesse Jackson!F**AL Sharpton!It’s time for some action not words!!How many more blackpeople need to be the victim until we wake from this horrible nightmare!!To all you thug ass ni**as on the block fighting with each other,You doing exatly what the WHITEDEVIL wants you to do!!CLOWN!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mousey1685/ mousey1685

    so when people start killing cops all this crap will end or what does it take for someone to do something about the police officers abusing their powers? and im sure the police chef must be retarded or have down syndrome or something to know that his fellow officers are abusing their powers. i hope one day the kids or family members of the offers pay for what they do to people.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NelloA1yomp/ NelloA1yomp

    Dats s**t dat happens all da time where im from. He’s lucky they dumb asses even turned in da tape. Where im from they’ll beat you down on tape and when you goto court and ask for a tape they’ll act like the tape wasnt runnen. I think it should be against da law for a cop to leave the station without maken sure the camera is runnen. There should be a camera on every angle of the car for they wont miss nothing. That tape could be for the officers side to in some situations. Cause if dat happened away from the car wouldnt nobody know but them. And it’s not only black men who get dat treatment, all races get that, but there are some races cases and this could of been one. But when i went to prison in “06″, it was more white people in there then any race, and there was more whiteboys comen in then any other race. And the same in the county. Sorry to say, but this will never stop. If it happens to you just hope it was on tape.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NelloA1yomp/ NelloA1yomp

    They should be on trial for attempted murder or some kind of assult, cause if a officer pulled up and me and my niggaz was beatn down someone like that, thats exactly what we’ll be facen.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/masculine31/ masculine31

    Well dont 4get most of u guys were claiming dat Mike Vick needed a 2nd chance, so this cop prolly needs one too!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Crazypink69/ Crazypink69

    DA OFFICER GOT A BUSTED LIP FROM ONE OF HIS PARTNERS ALL DAT ISH FOR ONE DUDE COME ON NOW AS YOU CAN SEE ONE OFFICER KEPT LOOKIN AROUND IF IT WAS DAT BAD Y HE JUST STOOD THERE AND WATCH B/S

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kendra277/ Kendra277

    PEOPLE GO AROUND SAYIN OMG BLACK PEOPLE ARE SUCH BAD PEOPLE THEY HAVE SOOO MUCH HATE AND VIOLENCE, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT VIDEO ABOVE THATS WHY CAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE THEM….HAVENT YALL NOTICED BLACKS HAVE HAD TO GO THRU SOOOO MUCH IN THIS WORLD ALOT MORE THAN US WHITES….DOES THE BLACKS HAVE A KKK TO KILL WHITES NO, BUT US WHITE PEOPLE GOT S**T LIKE THAT….YEA THERES GANGS BUT IT AINT ALL BLACKS BUT WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF GANGS THEY THINK BLACKS. PEOPLE ASSUME INSTEAD OF GOIN OUT AND SEEIN FO THEM SELVES. WE ALL SHOULD BE TREATED EQUAL COLOR SHOULDNT SEPERATE US. IF I COULD AND HAD THE POWER I WOULD CHANGE THE SYSTEM OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW THEY HANDLE THINGS. I COULDNT IMAGINE BEIN THAT DUDE IN THE VIDEO NO ONE SHOULD HAVE YO GO THRU THAT S**T…..PEOPLE NEED TO GROW UP AND ACCEPT EVERYONE AND HOW THEY ARE….IF YA CANT DO THAT THEN YOUR CONSIDERED A COWARD THOSE MEN BEATIN THAT DUDE ARE COWARDS. THEY WILL GET WHAT THEY DESERVE ON JUDGEMENT DAY THEY BE BURNIN IN HELL.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/whitney191/ whitney191

    DAME ITS ABOUT TIME SOME ONE NOTICE THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF RACIEST PEOPLE STILL IN THIS WORLD FUKK THATS A SHAME AND AS WE CAN SEE HE A MAN AND HE BLACKK SO THAT MEANS TO THA POLICE PUNCHIN BAG!!! MAN I DONT LKE OR FUKK WITH THA POLICE FUKK THA POLICE SUCK DICK IN HELL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Anders1159/ Anders1159

    Some of these white cops are just dirty wild pigs, and the racists one should get life in Prison for beating blacks in vain or just for simple arrests. if thugs could kill only the racist cops, trust me I wouldn’t feel no compassion for them at all because they are too wicked and they always get away with their crimes or sometimes get light punishments. Come on, this madness got to stop.
    I never saw white people getting beaten up by black cops in my life
    Some of these white racist cops should not be cops at all and should be fired immediately.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_PURE3000/ MR_PURE3000

    HEAR WE GO AGAIN UMMMMM LET ME GUESS {{{WHITE COPS JUMPING ON ONE BLACK MAN))) DAM ON THAT VIDEO THEM WHITE COPS LOOKED LIKE A STREET GANG ROLLING UP ON A MAN AND BEATING HIM DOWN ,,CUZ HE WAS IN THE WRONG WHITE HOOD,,

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/-HatedOnMostly-/ -HatedOnMostly-

    ok someone please explain to me the diff bw this and some brutal gang initiation or jumping someone…they gonna keep doing s**t like this cuz they keep getting away with it smh…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Chunkie_Blondie/ Chunkie_Blondie

    The cops acted appropriately???
    I dont remember cops being trained to kick & punch people in the police academy. Must be some new type of training.

    ((((( THOSE COPS ARE FINISHED)))))

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Big--Blu/ Big–Blu

    masculine31 said:

    Well dont 4get most of u guys were claiming dat Mike Vick needed a 2nd chance, so this cop prolly needs one too!

    THIS DUDE IS SO STUPID…..A SECOND CHANCE..YEA AFTER HE DO TIME…VICK DID TIME..U DUMMY…THINK BEFORE U POST..RETARD…

    CHUNKIE_BLONDIE SAID:

    The cops acted appropriately???
    I dont remember cops being trained to kick & punch people in the police academy. Must be some new type of training.

    ((((( THOSE COPS ARE FINISHED))))

    LOL U DUMB TOO…ACTED APPROPRIATELY …OK LET THEM BEAT THE S**T OUT OF U AND LETS SEE IF THEY ACTED APPROPRIATELY…LOL….AND THEN U SAY THERE FINISHED WHICH ONE IS IT..LOL…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/maddox2u2/ maddox2u2

    This is not something to be taken lightly. These cops’ salaries depend on
    your tax dollars. Their behavior is outside of their job description.
    Those kkkrakkkas have no business being employed as public servants.
    They should be fired.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MS_MELY/ MS_MELY

    THIS IS SOME BULLS**T.. I HOPE THEM F**KS GET WHAT THEY DESERVE.. IVE BEEN PART OF S**T LIKE THIS AND YOU FEEL SO DAM VIOLATED .. F**K THEM FO REAL, PEOPLE DONT REALIZE HOW VIOLENCE IMPACTS EVERYONE AROUND . OUR KIDS WATCHIN THIS S**T , THEY KIDS IS WATCHIN, I DONT COMPREHEND HOW PEOPLE CAN ACT OUT WITH SUCH HATE IN THEIR HEARTS..

    MY PRAYERS TO ALL THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST SOMEONE TO THIS TYPE OF CRIMES… IT WONT STOP BUT LETS HOPE AND KEEP FAITH ON A BETTER FUTURE… 4 OUR BABIES…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/aledra14/ aledra14

    they shouldnt just be fired they should be taken out and beat themselves and then shot for good measure and yes i know violence only begets violence but they hunkies need to be taught a very valuable lesson outside the courtroom.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/RomanticJ/ RomanticJ

    I hope the police don’t get fired. I hope they get locked in a prison cell with another inmate who is there for resisting arrest, assault and battery and fresh off of beating a cops ass. Let them spend an hour or two in the cell with a homemade shive and if the cop makes it out he’ll think about the excessive force again…That’s what I think.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Roots-1969/ Roots-1969

    Guys whats are we so mad about. Its was has fault. i spent the last 2 days arguing with people saying that 84 yr old woman deserved her smackdown. This continues to happen time and time again and they want us to look the other way because we have a black president. At last this time the FBI is involved and maybe we can get some justice. I have family in law enforcement and it can get rough, but when u step over the line u shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it. Once he was subdued that it, its over you can’t have cops doing that kind of stuff. They get paid by our tax dollars to serve and protect (everyone). if your having a bad day get over it stay home or don’t become a police officer.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Roots-1969/ Roots-1969

    patriot and all those other low life where r u at now. that ass kicking was necessary right. I’am sure you’ll come up with something good. anytime u want to come to pittsburgh and tell me to my face, leave ur email i’ll send u my address. And you can explain to me that i have a problem. And that ain’t no threat, i fight only to defend myself. also that last note u left, since i already have a job and education don’t think i need to blame u or anyone else for problem i have. If ur ancestors were slave masters that ur burden. I deal with today and those videos are common place happenings for a black person. NO EXCUSE ITS FACT. LIKE I SAID BEFORE I DON’T NEED TO STEP ON U TO LIFT MYSELF UP. THATS UR PEOPLE. I WALK WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH EVERYDAY AND DONT NEED U TO DO IT FOR ME.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kid_got_swag/ kid_got_swag

    dumb nigga, whats has fault? lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Peruvian_Princez/ Peruvian_Princez

    It is really sad how we as society are to respect police men and view them as protectors, when they can’t protect us from their own….. Why is it that every time we view videos of police officers using excessive force they always state that the officer acted accordingly… Accordingly to who/what? To how they felt that day… When is it too much force? when the person stops breathing? and why after he is down did they feel the need to charge at him with punches and kicks.. It does not take a Police Chief to see that this incident along with many others is just a way for Police officers to abuse their badge and get away from what a civilian would go to trial and be sentenced for…You want to know why civilians act and treat officers the way that they do, well here it is for you to see over and over again….And how many more are not visible for us to see… so Mr.Sgt. Jesse Garcia- Police Spokesman ask your chief if he walked down a neighborhood and was attacked by 6-7 civilians with kicks and punches because he would not get off the street or walk to the other side, would it be called excessive force? And one more thing why were Mr. Jenkins charges dropped if the attack was justifiable? I mean you said that the police officers acted accordingly yet you dropped the charges? Maybe you were too scared for the tape to come out and thought that by dropping the charges Mr.Jenkins stayed silent? Well I am glad that the tape exists and was put out I also hope that Mr. Jenkins sues the city… and that your so call POLICE OFFICERS are FIRED!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sivanadan/ sivanadan

    Hmm… I wonder if such actions by the police can be categorised as human right violations. If the police department does not want to take action against a small handful of rogue police officers. Then the matter has to be handed to a higher authority. Its not logical for the US to debate about the human rights violations in Myanmar or China when things like this happen in your own backyard. This is what hypocrites do…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/29_and_still_a_Dime/ 29_and_still_a_Dime

    “To protect and serve….” Makes me wonder. They must have a new oath that involves beating blacks and how to get away with it. Ask yourself what will you do if this happens to you? A lot of us wont take action, and thats the problem. I know alot of people that have been through this and have done nothing to deserve this. And they end up letting it slide and being angry at all cops. Instead of being angry react to it by making people aware, make a support group, anything do something. Yeah the cops need their asses beat but the best way to fight a white person is with his own weapon, the law. Doc**ent the events, report incidents. Every time something happens doc**ent it, build up a case. Eventually something will be done. Weed them out the system one by one.

    I carry my camera everywhere, just in case someone or myself needs “proof” if this happens. We as blacks have to watch out for each other. Closed mouths dont get heard. Cops look out for each other, why cant we do the same?
    And why does it take the whole police force to beat up one person anyway?
    COWARDS

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shortnsassy08/ shortnsassy08

    What goes around comes around right how many more of our black people have to be hurt or die before cops like these paid for what they been doing for too long. S**t like this makes you hate cops right? One of these cops if not all of them needs to see what it feels like to beat the same way these black men have been beat, every time I hear or see s**t like this it makes me so mad face it people black people are endanger.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lady_G00n661/ Lady_G00n661

    now thats s**t just pissed me off big time!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/daishaniqua_nic/ daishaniqua_nic

    Now was all of that necessary?? like 7 against 1…come on, looking at the video makes it seem like quite a bit of excessive force to me.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/taurus216/ taurus216

    LMAO He got knowck the f**k out
    that looks alot like a gang
    beating wdf?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/taurus216/ taurus216

    LMAO He got knocked the f**k out
    that looks alot like a gang
    beating wdf?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DaintyJen/ DaintyJen

    sick…and what makes it even worse is that there are some dumba*ses on here thinking its funny…wow

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/solsa_7/ solsa_7

    The underbosses of these criminal organizations will say that its standard operating procedure to use any force neccessary(taser,beating,deadly force,dogs with 4 legs and 2 legs)anything to subdue the suspect. Who’s responsible for drafting these procedures? Well its Not the police that’s for damn sure!! they’re too dumb and their only job is to Enforce the Law. The lawmakers are the ones that should be held accountable to explain why is it that they drafted LAWS that violate not only CIVIL RIGHTS but HUMAN RIGHTS! Notice how when the Law Enforcement(police) get into trouble they cry like some b***hes that they were only following orders!!! just like in the military same s**t different toilet. PICK THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO FIGHT BELOVED.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ever_ready7/ ever_ready7

    THERE IS TV COVERAGE, TALK ABOUT IT, ….YOU GET IT. THE CYCLE STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN, AND AGAIN.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BLACKSMITH843/ BLACKSMITH843

    MY FRIENDS. I’m tired of all this. Something is not being said. I’ve gotten stopped by myself late at night in my 2007 SL500 mercedes. I’m a 245lbs weightlifting black man but some funny s**t happened…..I RESPECTED the police officer (white in SC) and he respected me (Black in SC). He gave me my ticket, we talked for a second and I left. Their’s more to this story than people running up on you whipping you tail. Don’t forget our media has a way of making s**t look bad for us too. Like we can’t go out without getting robbed and cops pulling us over and kicking our ass. All the facts please!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ThisTime/ ThisTime

    Take Ur 2007 SL, i made it, and the Police don’t this for nothing, media making people us see what’s really not happening on the tape, i “RESPECTED”
    the police, fake ass, and google the case-B4 U wanna tell US, How well U kissass, and suck, and bootlick-Blacksmith!

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