[Mpls] Minneapolis officers suspended

Two Minneapolis police officers have been suspended with pay after being accused of felony assault during an arrest. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4154454.html The response from Olson and Rybak is stunningly different from anything we've seen before. Does anyone know anything more?

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis Officers Has No Relation to Cafe' Au Lait

(Keith says; It is not like these officers were at the Internet cafe, playing a realistic video game of a public danger. They had to make split second decisions; and without a 'reset' button. They might have made an error; the result was tragic. I doubt the officers were happy about it.) I

RE: [Mpls] Minneapolis Officers

PM To: mpls Subject: [Mpls] Minneapolis Officers Regarding the story of under cover Officer Duy Ngo being shot four times (KMSP) by uniformed Officer Morrison. This wasn't the first time Officer Morrison shot someone accidently. Not too long ago he shot a black 15-year old boy for carrying a BB

[Mpls] Minneapolis officers

Steve Brandt: I believe that people are referring to this incident, encapsulated in this morning's paper: In 1997, Storlie shot and wounded Lawrence Miles Jr., who was 15 at the time, in south Minneapolis after Miles ran past him with a BB gun. Storlie shot Miles, believing the teenager was

[Mpls] Minneapolis Officers

Regarding the story of under cover Officer Duy Ngo being shot four times (KMSP) by uniformed Officer Morrison. This wasn't the first time Officer Morrison shot someone accidently. Not too long ago he shot a black 15-year old boy for carrying a BB gun. I see patterns here. Both Ngo and the 15-year

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis Officers/prove their job ain't a cafe' au lait

In a message dated 2/25/03 8:23:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Regarding the story of under cover Officer Duy Ngo being shot four times (KMSP) by uniformed Officer Morrison. This wasn't the first time Officer Morrison shot someone accidentally. Not too long ago he

Re: [Mpls] MINNEAPOLIS: Officers facing brutality inquiry

Rosalind Nelson said: The godawful frustration of trying to address police police brutality is dealing with people who refuse under any circumstances to believe that brutality is a problem. I generally agree in waiting for the results of a well-conducted investigation before coming to a

[Mpls] MINNEAPOLIS: Officers facing brutality inquiry

Posted on Thu, Jan. 30, 2003 MINNEAPOLIS: Officers facing brutality inquiry BY AMY MAYRON Pioneer Press Minneapolis police are investigating whether two of their own urinated on an intoxicated man and then left him and a female companion alone in a parking lot in freezing temperatures.

[Mpls] MINNEAPOLIS: Officers facing brutality inquiry

There sure seems a lot of rush to judgement on this. I would prefer to see the results of the investigation before jumping to conclusions and taking sides. In fact, it is regrettable that there are sides. It could just be flawed observations, misunderstandings, or sloppy police work that

Re: [Mpls] MINNEAPOLIS: Officers facing brutality inquiry

I don't think there should a rush to judgement. I do think there should be a rush of common sense. The pattern of abuse reported is consistent with incidents where eyewitnesses have previously recorded similar events in different parts of Minneapolis. It's to all our advantage to know what can

Re: [Mpls] MINNEAPOLIS: Officers facing brutality inquiry

The godawful frustration of trying to address police police brutality is dealing with people who refuse under any circumstances to believe that brutality is a problem. I generally agree in waiting for the results of a well-conducted investigation before coming to a final conclusion about events