MPD chief pushes back against claims he knew of video showing incident
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Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara said Sunday he was not aware of a video that shows a use of force incident involving a former MPD officer which eventually led that officer to leave the police department last week.
The video shows an incident in 2020 where officer Tyler Timberlake, who worked for the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia, used a stun gun and then pressed his knees into the back and neck of a Black man, La Monta Gladney. The incident happened 11 days after George Floyd's murder.
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