The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has refused to press charges against a 34-year-old man who was arrested in south Minneapolis earlier this year for allegedly possessing narcotics and a firearm.
Video of the arrest — in which two Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office deputies are seen striking the man in the head while holding him down — has been circulating on social media over the past week.
On Jan. 9, the two deputies stopped the man in a south Minneapolis parking lot in the Seward neighborhood after noticing his car was missing license plates on the front and back. They later saw a temporary New Jersey license plate in the rear window of the car…