'You're a tough guy? A tough guy, huh?' the white police officer can be heard saying in a video of the incident.
"Officers were advised that the suspect was sitting on top of a blue car and appeared to be under the influence," the police said in a statement, CBS News reported."Two officers arrived and located the suspect, a male believed to be in his 40s, in his car.
He was ordered to step from his car." John Elder, a spokesperson of the police department, said that the man initially cooperated with officers but later"resisted," theElder later said that the FBI had been called in to investigate as new information became available. "We try to put out information as quickly as possible, information that we wholly believe to be honest and true." he said, according to the."And as we're looking a little further we're realizing there's more to this ... As we started digging into this and seeing more we realized that the FBI needed to aid in this investigation. We called and they readily agreed." Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey gave a news conference Tuesday morning, during which he voiced serious concern and asserted that the man should not have died. "What I saw was wrong at every level. This does not reflect the values that [Police] Chief Arradondo has worked tirelessly to instill. It does not represent the training we invested in or the measures we've taken to ensure accountability," Frey said.Todd Gramenz, of Black Lives Matter St. Paul, leads a chant outside the Minnesota Vikings game on September 24, 2017, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.The mayor said that the officers' had body cameras that were"on and active," noting that he has viewed that footage in addition to the video uploaded online. All of the body camera footage has been given to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which generally investigates incidents where individuals die in police custody. "Our community continues to be traumatized again, and again and again. We must demand answers," Councilwoman Andrea Jenkins wrote in a statement, local NBC affiliate KARE 11 reported."I have spoken with the mayor and have a call in to the chief. I vow to be as transparent and forthright with the community. We were already in the midst of developing a summer safety strategy for this neighborhood but immediate action is required now."
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