From [HERE] A white St. Paul police officer shown kicking a Black man in a YouTube video also was disciplined for pushing an 18-year-old Black man and throwing him to the ground while working as a St. Paul Park officer in 2006. St. Paul Park Police Chief Michael Monahan found Jesse Zilge, 31, culpable in that incident. The chief recommended that Zilge undergo additional training in constitutional law and in the use of force after he threatened to jail the man for calling him a "smart ass," according to city police records.

"It seems very disappointing that he got the [St. Paul] job with that history, and here we are with the new job and he's got a repeat," said Jeffry Martin, NAACP president in St. Paul. "It doesn't help the situation."

Zilge worked for St. Paul Park, a city of about 5,300 residents in south Washington County, from 2005 until he left to join the St. Paul police in 2008.

Zilge is on paid leave pending an investigation into an Aug. 28 incident in the North End neighborhood that was recorded and posted on YouTube. Zilge is shown kicking Eric R. Hightower in the chest, neck or face area as he lies on the sidewalk and stands over top of him. Hightower was not resisting arrest and was asking him why he was under arrest. The video showed a second officer help Zilge walk Hightower, 30, to a squad car, where they slammed his head onto the hood. The video begins with the police assault already in progress. A witness on the recording states that prior to the recording the police had beat him.