Madelyn Milton, a doctoral student from Minneapolis, was out last year with her friends when an argument with a taxi driver over the fare led to police being called.

The young women decided to record police sergeant Tyrone Barze, and when Madelyn stood up for her right to record him she ended “lying unconscious and bleeding in the street”, according to the lawsuit.

Despite this being the fourth lawsuit against Barze, Minneapolis police union president described him as an “excellent” officer.

The police union chief’s response to the lawsuit was even more infuriating.

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