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IMPD officers, Adam Ahmad, left, and Steven Sanchez during the first day of their jury trial, which began on Monday, Dec. 2 at the Marion County Courthouse.

Jury deliberating in trial of IMPD officers accused in death of Whitfield III

Benjamin Thorp, Elizabeth Gabriel, Farrah Anderson

The first day of the criminal trial for the police officers charged in the death of Indianapolis resident Herman Whitfield III has begun.

Reporters speak with Rich Waples, the attorney for the family, and Herman and Gladys Whitfield outside the courtroom where a judge denied the IMPD officers’ motions to dismiss criminal charges for the killing of Herman Whitfield II in 2022.

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Judge rejects motion to dismiss the case against officers charged with killing Herman Whitfield III

Farrah Anderson

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

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Police officers acquitted of excessive force in 2020 protest arrests

Lee V. Gaines

Two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were found not guilty of multiple charges stemming from an incident that occurred during the 2020 racial justice protests in downtown Indianapolis.