An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Division Sergeant who was filmed stomping on a Black handcuffed man’s head in 2021 has pleaded responsible to violating the person’s civil rights.
Eric Huxley, 44, entered a responsible plea Monday in federal courtroom to 1 depend of deprivation of rights beneath coloration of legislation, which carries a penalty of as much as 10 years in jail when sentenced, the Justice Division mentioned.
“This police officer violently and callously assaulted a homeless man who posed no menace,” Assistant Legal professional Normal Kristen Clarke of the Justice Division’s Civil Rights Division mentioned in a press release.
Huxley was on patrol on Sept. 24, 2021, when physique digital camera footage captured him deliberately elevating his proper foot and stomping on the face of Jermaine Vaughn whereas Vaughn was restrained by two officers and unable to maneuver, prosecutors mentioned.
Vaughn was arrested and charged with two misdemeanors of disorderly conduct and resisting legislation enforcement, however each prices had been later dismissed. He filed a lawsuit in February in opposition to town of Indianapolis.
As of Tuesday, Huxley stays suspended from the police drive with out pay pending a suggestion for termination to the citizen’s police advantage board, the Indianapolis police division mentioned in an e-mail to HuffPost. Town’s police chief, Randal Taylor, beneficial Huxley’s termination shortly after the incident.
Huxley’s lawyer, John Kautzman, informed reporters exterior of the courthouse on Monday that his consumer has all the time been “remorseful” for his actions and he is aware of what he did was “inconsiderate,” the Indianapolis Star reported.
Kautzman declined additional remark to HuffPost Tuesday till after the federal sentencing listening to.
Huxley additionally faces state prices in relation to the incident. He was charged in Marion County with battery and official misconduct and has a listening to in that case scheduled for Tuesday, the Star reported.
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