

MPD chief signed off on hiring officer who struck, stunned on unarmed Black man


By Deena Winter, Minnesota Reformer The Minneapolis police chief ordered a full investigation last month into his department’s hiring of a Virginia police officer who repeatedly Tasered and struck a disoriented, unarmed Black man just days after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. But Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara signed the letter offering Tyler Timberlake a job