A St. Cloud man is suing the city over the use of a police K-9 during his arrest in March 2024, according to a complaint recently filed in court.

Manuel Martinez was arrested at his home on March 22, 2024, and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, and resisting or obstructing law enforcement without violence following an incident that occurred outside a restaurant earlier that day.

In Martinez's arrest report, the St. Cloud Police Department said that Martinez had observed two men speaking Arabic outside the Island Cloud Grill in the city before allegedly saying "(expletive) you and (expletive) Palestine" to the two men. One of the men took offense and entered a verbal altercation with Martinez. Martinez then

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