Incident

Incident Description

According to D&C: Officers interviewed civilian because he matched a suspect's description. They handcuffed him without a struggle, but he civilian told his neighbor who was recording, to back up. Video from the civilian's sister showed the police car travel a few feet, then stop—according to the civilian, one of them said, “We gotta arrest this guy [the neighbor] for something.” Video from civilian's sister showed: Kosch exited and told the neighbor he was under arrest; the neighbor ran; and officers tackled him to the ground, pepper sprayed him, handcuffed him, and took him away. According to IndyMedia, the neighbor went to the hospital for treatment for his injuries, was taunted and humiliated by officers there, and then spent the night in jail for “obstruction of governmental administration, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest”. Police later alleged the neighbor was arrested because he was blocking the police car in the street (which was parrotted by WHEC Channel 10), but video does not show him there.