Overview
- Filed in U.S. District Court, the complaint seeks $40 million and alleges Eighth and 14th Amendment violations and failure to train.
- According to the suit, body-camera footage captures officers weighing a possible stroke, muting audio at times, and skipping a full Drug Recognition Evaluator protocol.
- After booking at Dakota County Jail, surveillance shows Kingsley Bimpong collapse and remain on the floor for hours as welfare logs marked him “OK” and vitals were delayed more than three hours.
- Narcan was given three times without effect before EMTs arrived near 5 a.m., and medical records later documented an intracerebral hemorrhage with negative toxicology.
- A Minnesota Department of Corrections review found lapsed first aid and CPR certifications and missed screenings at the jail, while Eagan maintains no obvious medical emergency was apparent and the county declined comment.