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Stephen Porter arrested in Minneapolis drug raid
Stephen Porter, who has said that a Minneapolis police officer sexually assaulted him during a drug raid last month, was arrested in another raid in north Minneapolis Wednesday night.
He is being held without bail in the Hennepin County jail on suspicion of narcotics and weapons violations. He was arrested during a raid in the 1700 block of Emerson Av. N. in the Near North neighborhood. No charges have been filed in Wednesday's search. Details of the case were not immediately released.
Keith Ellison, Porter's attorney, declined to comment.
Porter, 25, who was booked into the jail at 8:47 p.m. Wednesday, has accused officer Jeffrey Jindra of assaulting him by placing the handle of a toilet plunger up his rectum on Oct. 13 in north Minneapolis.
Jindra and officer Todd Babekuhl were placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.
The officers have taken polygraph tests and have passed, their attorneys have said.
The FBI is investigating the case.
Porter was arrested Oct. 13 after a drug raid at an apartment in the 2500 block of N. 3rd St. Because of information about potential gang activity in that search, a high-risk entry team went in first and handcuffed everybody in the apartment.
The circumstances surrounding Wednesday's raid were not immediately available.
In the October search, drugs were found in a toilet, which was smashed open. No drugs were found on Porter, and he was later released from jail without charges.
Last month, Porter joined a group of protesters outside City Hall to demonstrate against alleged police brutality. While he said very little during the protest, he again denied being a confidential police informant, as reported in the Star Tribune.
When told about Porter's arrest late Wednesday, the Rev. Randolph Staten, cochairman of the Coalition of Black Churches, said he was disappointed.
But Staten, who has appeared alongside Porter since the allegation surfaced, added that Porter has repeatedly said he isn't perfect. Staten said that Wednesday's arrest doesn't diminish the allegation that he was assaulted.
"If he was doing something he shouldn't have been, that doesn't minimize what possibly happened to him," Staten said. "If he has done something now, that doesn't negate the overall broader issue that police brutality is a very serious, real active entity in Minneapolis. I hope that people don't somehow try to simplify this."
http://www.startribune.com/stories/467/4223141.html
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Looks like his last arrest didn't traumatize him too much, he's still up to his same old activities...
Stephen Porter, who has said that a Minneapolis police officer sexually assaulted him during a drug raid last month, was arrested in another raid in north Minneapolis Wednesday night.
He is being held without bail in the Hennepin County jail on suspicion of narcotics and weapons violations. He was arrested during a raid in the 1700 block of Emerson Av. N. in the Near North neighborhood. No charges have been filed in Wednesday's search. Details of the case were not immediately released.
Keith Ellison, Porter's attorney, declined to comment.
Porter, 25, who was booked into the jail at 8:47 p.m. Wednesday, has accused officer Jeffrey Jindra of assaulting him by placing the handle of a toilet plunger up his rectum on Oct. 13 in north Minneapolis.
Jindra and officer Todd Babekuhl were placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.
The officers have taken polygraph tests and have passed, their attorneys have said.
The FBI is investigating the case.
Porter was arrested Oct. 13 after a drug raid at an apartment in the 2500 block of N. 3rd St. Because of information about potential gang activity in that search, a high-risk entry team went in first and handcuffed everybody in the apartment.
The circumstances surrounding Wednesday's raid were not immediately available.
In the October search, drugs were found in a toilet, which was smashed open. No drugs were found on Porter, and he was later released from jail without charges.
Last month, Porter joined a group of protesters outside City Hall to demonstrate against alleged police brutality. While he said very little during the protest, he again denied being a confidential police informant, as reported in the Star Tribune.
When told about Porter's arrest late Wednesday, the Rev. Randolph Staten, cochairman of the Coalition of Black Churches, said he was disappointed.
But Staten, who has appeared alongside Porter since the allegation surfaced, added that Porter has repeatedly said he isn't perfect. Staten said that Wednesday's arrest doesn't diminish the allegation that he was assaulted.
"If he was doing something he shouldn't have been, that doesn't minimize what possibly happened to him," Staten said. "If he has done something now, that doesn't negate the overall broader issue that police brutality is a very serious, real active entity in Minneapolis. I hope that people don't somehow try to simplify this."
http://www.startribune.com/stories/467/4223141.html
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Looks like his last arrest didn't traumatize him too much, he's still up to his same old activities...