St. Paul man who shot at MPD in self-defense acquitted of all charges by jury

I've mentioned before that when I lived in Minneapolis 20 years ago there were problems with the MPD. It seems like whenever we turn over a new rock we find more.

In this case a man has successfully used a self defence claim to justify shooting back at unmarked police who didn't identify themselves indiscriminately shooting rubber bullets into crowds.

They then arrested the shooter, beat him, and unsurprisingly lied about the whole thing. Yeah welcome to body cameras.

"The judge wrote that officers continue to harbor "concerning beliefs" through body camera footage that night. Police Lt. Johnny Mercil, who also testified during the Chauvin trial, said it was "time to f***ing put [inaudible] people in jail" just to "prove the mayor wrong about his white supremacists from out of state." Mercil also noted one group of protesters to be "predominantly white," reasoning there would be "no looting or fires" because of their race. Another officer agreed with him, according to court documents."

"Stetson also told responding officers after the incident that Stallings had been resisting, which was also reported in the original criminal complaint and release sent by the Hennepin County Attorney's Office last year. However, the body camera footage showed Stallings not resisting at any point, the judge concluded. Additionally, police reported in the original complaint that Stallings "ran away from law enforcement," which was not seen in the body camera footage."