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Minneapolis Henry student sues cop over restraint: Doctor found evidence of "injuries consistent with strangulation"by: RANDY FURST , Star TribuneStarTribune.com Sep. 19, 2012 |
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 A confrontation in January at Patrick Henry High School that ended when a Minneapolis police officer restrained an 18-year-old student has led to a federal lawsuit. In a police report filed after the incident, officer Tyrone Barze Jr. said he was assaulted by the student, Dontae Thomas and, as a result, the officer "utilized a neck restraint" to control him. Barze said the teenager never lost consciousness. Thomas was not arrested or charged. In his lawsuit, Thomas named Barze, officer Victor Mills and the city, saying he was choked unconscious. The suit, filed by Minneapolis attorneys Robert Bennett and Andrew Noel, says Thomas had trouble breathing afterward and went to the Hennepin County Medical Center's clinic in St. Anthony Village, where a doctor found evidence of "injuries consistent with strangulation." Read More 
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