MINNEAPOLIS – The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has opened an internal investigation after a video captured deputies tackling and arresting protesters outside the Whipple Federal Building last weekend.
Videos obtained by The Minnesota Star Tribune show a group of deputies walking by protesters who were standing on a sidewalk near the intersection of Federal Drive and Airport Service Road, outside the federal building, where protests occur daily. The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
In one video, as the deputy walks by a protester, some kind of altercation occurs and the camera briefly veers away. When it refocuses, three or more deputies are seen rushing two protesters, pinning them against a barricade and wrestling them to the ground to make arrests…