Editing Tou Thao (section)

==Incidents before May 25, 2020==
Thao had been working with the Minneapolis Police Department, where he started as a part-time community service officer in 2008 and went through the police academy in 2009. After being laid off for two years, Thao rejoined and became a full time police officer. During his time as a police officer, six complaints of excessive force were filled against Thao with no action taken.

In 2014, a man claimed that Thao handcuffed him without cause, threw him to the ground, and punched, kicked, and kneed him; the man's teeth were broken and he was hospitalized. The matter was settled out of court with the man being given $25,000 and Thao kept his job.