In addition to the allegations by demonstrators in Minneapolis, a KSTP news photographer says he was roughed up and his camera damaged by police as he tried to tape the arrests. Police booked the protesters for blocking traffic and for public nuisance offenses. Another demonstration is planned for Monday.

The Pioneer Press says police arrested a 44-year-old man in Minneapolis in connection with the stabbing of a woman in Oakdale, but have so far refused to release the man's name. That violates the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, which requires authorities to identify anyone arrested. Police say they will release the person's identity when charges are filed.

A coalition of five black civic and religious leaders assembled in St. Paul Saturday to denounce the violent arrest of a man in the North End Park earlier this week. The arrest of 30-year-old Eric Ronnell Hightower Tuesday was captured on video by a friend an uploaded on YouTube.

Police arrested a Prior Lake man who was reportedly behaving erratically, which is putting it nicely. At one point, the police report says, the man began to "speak in tongues" and make noises "like a monkey." Then he threatened to attack an officer and said it would be like a raptor attack. South-metro blog Lazy Lightning has more ...

An attorney for the family of a man who died while being held down by Minneapolis police after being hit with a Taser stun gun is battling the city over an officer's tiny personal pen camera that shot video of the man's death. The lawyer for David Smith, who died in the 2009 incident, suggests that the video may have been edited. Lawyers for the city strongly deny that allegation.