Did Minneapolis Cops Cover Up Killing of Unarmed Teen? (You Decide)

MINNEAPOLIS - Whenever a police officer uses deadly force, his actions will be examined 

in second by second detail. A Minneapolis policeman who shot and killed a teenager named 

Fong Lee is under that microscope right now. The FOX 9 investigators sat down with an expert 

to review this highly charged case. Trish Van Pilsum has more.

Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan issued a statement Monday, saying his officers never 

planted a gun on the body of Lee, a teenager shot by a Minneapolis officer in 2006.

Fong Lee was shot in 2006 by a Minneapolis police officer, who claimed the 19-year-old pointed 

a gun at him. Lee was shot nine times.

The gun was found several feet from Fong Lee's body. It did not contain a single fingerprint or any of Lee's DNA.

"We believe all along that Fong did not have a gun and to this day we still believe it," Lee's sister, Shoua, said.

Family members sued in 2007, with the wrongful death trial is set for May 1. Statement from Chief Dolan

"We take all allegations of police misconduct very seriously. We want our community to be able 
to trust that its officers will protect with courage and serve with compassion. Thats why we want 
to be absolutely clear: no officer ever planted evidence in this case and we look forward to proving that in court.

While no officer wants to take another life, two internal department investigations, as well as an 
independent grand jury, have ruled that the death of Fong Lee was a case of justifiable homicide.

Minneapolis Police Beat Derryl Jenkins unconscious without ANY cause

This video, provided by Attorney Paul Edlund, shows six Minneapolis Police Officers punching and kicking Derryl Jenkins, 42, during a traffic stop on Feb. 19 in north Minneapolis. Jenkins eventually was taken to North Memorial Medical Center, where he received several stitches above his eye. He was then taken to the Hennepin County Jail.

Arlington teen plans legal action after alleged police assault

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ARLINGTON — The family of a 15-year-old girl who was slammed to the ground by Arlington police two weeks ago is planning to sue.

"The last thing I heard was an 'ooh' from the crowd, and everything else went silent," Kelsey Perry recalled.

Kelsey and four others were arrested as police tried to break up several fights outside a dance hall.

Her lawyer filed court papers to question potential witnesses so they would know who to name in the lawsuit.

According to the petition, Officer Dylan Eckstrom "scraped the girl's face on the pavement" after body-slamming her, as seen in a video of the incident.

The court document says Eckstrom then "pulled out his pepper spray and doused her in the face at close range."

Kelsey said the officer later told her he only gave her a ticket to justify using the pepper spray.

The teen says she wants her life back. "Just to be able to sleep again, feel safe again, to talk to people like I used to," she said. "Now I don't like being in contact with people; I can't be around a big crowd without being scared."

Photos of Kelsey's injuries show several scrapes on her face and bruising and redness on her back and shoulder.

Arlington police have not commented on the court filing.

Woman dies after gential kick from LAPD

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating at least five officers after one of them allegedly stomped on a woman's genitals and she later died of suffocation.

Patrol car video camera captured a struggle between police and Alesia Thomas and several officers on July 22, according to the Los Angeles Times.

LAPD Cmdr. Bob Green admitted to the Times that a female officer had followed through with a threat to kick Thomas in the genitals when she resisted being put into the patrol car. Video shows a restrained Thomas struggling to breath in the back of the patrol car. She was taken to a local hospital and later died.
Officers had been attempting to arrest Thomas on suspicion of child endangerment. After the woman resisted arrest, she was put into handcuffs and they placed a "hobble restraint device," or a binding strap binding, around her ankles. The original police report did not mention the kick to Thomas' genitals.

"I take all in-custody death investigations very seriously and directed the officers involved be removed from field duties until further details are known, including what part intoxicants and physical conditions contributed," a statement from LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said. "I am confident we will get to the truth no matter where that leads us."

Neighbor Gerald McCrary Sr., 55, told the Times that the woman was the aggressor, not the police.

"They were talking to her, asking her to calm down, that everything will be all right," he explained.

he investigation comes just one day after Beck reassigned the commanding officer of the department's Foothill Division after video showed two of his officers repeatedly body slamming a handcuffed 34-year-old nurse.

Watch this video from KTLA, broadcast Aug. 31, 2012.