IMPD sergeant charged after bodycam video shows man stomped in face during arrest

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A sergeant with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has been charged aft video from a body-worn camera showed him stomp a antheral successful the look during an arrest.

IMPD Sgt. Eric Huxley faces felony charges of authoritative misconduct and artillery resulting successful mean bodily injury.

IMPD enactment announced the lawsuit successful a Tuesday greeting property league aft an interior investigation. Huxley has been suspended from IMPD with a proposal of termination from IMPD Chief Randal Taylor. The proposal volition spell to the IMPD Civilian Police Merit Board.

Taylor learned of the incidental connected Oct. 6 and ordered an interior investigation.

“I’m upset. It hurts maine to spot immoderate of our officers dainty idiosyncratic the mode you’re going to spot present shortly,” Taylor said earlier showing the video. “My apology not lone goes retired to the men and women of IMPD that bash it close but each different instrumentality enforcement serviceman successful this authorities and successful this country. Because I cognize these videos erstwhile they’re seen, there’s gonna beryllium radical that are going to accidental ‘that’s what they’re each like.’ Well, fto maine archer you. That’s not what they’re each like.”

IMPD showed bodycam video from the position of aggregate officers.

According to tribunal documents, an serviceman was trying to apprehension a “loud and disorderly” stateless antheral connected Monument Circle connected Sept. 24. The serviceman requested backup. Video shows an serviceman struggling with the man, identified successful tribunal documents arsenic Jermaine Vaughn, earlier Vaughn is placed connected his back.

Huxley is past seen walking to the country and past stomping Vaughn successful the face.

“I accidentally kicked him successful his face. I was attempting to enactment my ft connected his enarthrosis and I accidentally kicked him successful his face,” Huxley is heard saying connected video, according to tribunal documents.

Online tribunal records bash not yet database a tribunal quality day for Huxley.

The 2 different officers seen successful the videos, Sergeant Christopher Kibbey and Officer Matthew Shores, person been placed connected administrative work during the interior investigation.

Huxley has been with IMPD for 14 years. Kibbey has been with the section for 21 years. Showers has been with IMPD for 23 years.

According to online tribunal records, Vaughn was charged with disorderly behaviour and resisting instrumentality enforcement the adjacent day.

Mayor Joe Hogsett’s bureau issued this statement:

“The footage released contiguous by IMPD is profoundly troubling, depicting acts that are unacceptable from instrumentality enforcement successful our city. I commend Chief Taylor’s punctual response, arsenic good arsenic the department’s continued committedness to transparency arsenic they question due accountability for the serviceman involved. This incidental underscores the value of continuing to physique assemblage trust, and reinforces our resoluteness to support investments successful the reforms, training, and exertion that guarantee accountability to the precocious standards of behaviour expected by Indianapolis residents.”