Watch: Police Defend Arrest of Black Man Reportedly Tased in Front of His Kids
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An unidentified man in St. Paul, Minn., videotaped his arrest and reported tasing by two unidentified officers. The man claims that he was sitting in a public space when police, including the one seen here, approached him. TWIN CITITES DAILY PLANET SCREENSHOT Updated Aug. 29, 9:10 a.m. EDT: St. Paul Minnesota police issued a statement on their Facebook page defending the arrest of Chris Lollie in January of this year. The statement was reported by the Minneapolis City Pages. In the statement police say they were called by a private security company because a man had repeatedly entered a private 'employees only' area in a bank. That man, identified as Lollie, refused to leave and refused to cooperate. Here's a portion of the police statement. As is often the case, the video does not show the totality of the circumstances. Our officers were called by private security guards on a man who was trespassing in a private area. The guards reported that the m