The ACLU of Minnesota has sued Otter Tail County, its sheriff and correctional officers at its jail, alleging unlawful punishment of a man known to them who has serious mental health issues.

Otter Tail County told The Independent it could not comment on pending litigation. Upon arriving at the facility on February 9, Kettle, whom some of the officers knew from previous arrests ...

The ACLU of Minnesota and co-counsel Norton Rose Fulbright filed the lawsuit on behalf of Ramsey Kettle, 33, for his treatment while being held at the Otter Tail County Jail in February as a pre ...

Kettle was being held as a pretrial detainee on charges that were later dropped. Along with Otter Tail County, the lawsuit filed Friday, Dec. 6, names Sheriff Barry Fitzgibbons, Jail Administrator ...