The Minnesota State Fair assistant police chief says in a whistleblower lawsuit that he reported what he believed to be unlawful conduct by Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher and law enforcement, and his hours were limited as a result.
In his lawsuit, Michael Coffey described incidents he reported, including seeing a video that showed “a young man on the ground with multiple law enforcement officers on top of him, and Sheriff Fletcher deploying a canister of chemical munitions to the face of the restrained man before pointing the canister at a surrounding crowd.”
The man was restrained and his hands were raised, “indicating surrender, at the time Sheriff Fletcher sprayed him,” according to the lawsuit filed last week in Ramsey County District Court against Fletcher and the Fair.
Fletcher said in a statement Monday that Coffey “made several false accusations during the Fair,” and he said that included the allegation about his use of chemical irritant.
Coffey’s lawsuit also sounded the alarm about how three people were detained during the Fair. A juvenile and two men who were in handcuffs and in custody on the evening of Sept. 1 had no charges listed and arrest notes had phrasing similar to “hold until after the Fair.”
“During this inquiry into the in-custody status of these detainees, three deputies told … Coffey that they had concerns regarding the detentions, but that they were following orders,” the lawsuit said. “… Coffey believed that these detentions were Department...
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