use of force

A judge rejected motions to dismiss the case over the Indianapolis Police’s killing of Herman Whitfield III in 2022.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that Eric Huxley, 44, is charged with one count of deprivation of rights under color of law.

Two Indianapolis police officers filed a lawsuit against the department and its chief this week, alleging they were retaliated against after reporting their sergeant – who is accused of stomping on a handcuffed man’s face in Monument Circle last year.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has released body camera footage of an in-custody death. Herman Whitfield III, 39, died on April 25 after being tased by IMPD officers. His autopsy and an official cause of death are still pending.

Two months after a viral video showed a Purdue University police officer forcefully detaining a student, a special prosecutor has declined to file charges against either the officer or the student.

The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office filed the charges against Officer Travis Lewis on Monday, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department release.

The Purdue Black Student Union held a packed town hall Thursday night to discuss how to respond after a video surfaced this week of a Purdue police officer forcefully restraining a student.

Purdue University police are reviewing an officer's use of force during the arrest of a Black man last week on the school's campus in West Lafayette, Indiana.

An Indianapolis police officer has been charged for using excessive force against a man during a September arrest.

In Indianapolis, two police oversight boards were reformed to include a civilian majority -- the Use of Force Review Board and the General Orders Board. Here’s what you need to know about the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s Use of Force Review Board.