2 Indianapolis police officers acquitted in death of man who was restrained
Two Indianapolis police officers charged in the death of a man who was stunned and restrained on the ground during a mental health crisis were acquitted Friday of manslaughter, officials said.
Two Indianapolis police officers charged in the death of a man who was stunned and restrained on the ground during a mental health crisis were acquitted Friday of manslaughter, officials said.
The jury found Indianapolis police officers Adam Ahmad and Steven Sanchez not guilty on all counts more than two years after the death of Herman Whitfield III.
The father of the 39-year-old had called police around 3:20 a.m. April 25, 2022, and asked for an ambulance, saying his son was “having a psychosis,” officials have said.
Officers hold Herman Whitfield III in handcuffs while they wait for medics to arrive.IMPD body cam footage via YouTubeOfficers found Whitfield naked, bleeding from the mouth and walking around and eventually used a stun gun on him after he “moved quickly towards an officer,” the police department said at the time.
Whitfield was restrained with handcuffs and died. Prosecutors said that being left restrained and prone killed him.
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