Officer Detail: CHRISTOPHER W. KOSCH

According to Yancey v. Pancoe, on March 13th, 2017, Sergeant Timothy Pancoe used racist language in telling Rakim Yancey to move his car, and when Yancey asked why he used that language, Pancoe maced Yancey, beat him with a baton, and kicked him while he was on the ground. Officers Christopher Kosch and Bradley Pike then arrived at the scene and also maced, beat, and choked him, resulting in two fractured wrists and thumbs, a back injury, a chipped tooth, and multiple contusions and abrasions requiring hospital treatment.

Outcome

None

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.

According to the initial complaint, "on December 9, 2011, at approximately 1:35 p.m.," [Civilian] got out of his car on Avenue D and started to run from police. Police gave chase and he was ordered to the ground. [Civilian] complied and "laid face down on the ground." As he was complying, several officers, including Christopher Kosch and Nicholas Thomas, proceeded to "brutally attacked by the gathered officers." Each officer assaulted the civilian with their "hands, clubs or batons, cap shun, aerosol mace and/or pepper sprays, without justification or provocation." The complaint continues that the civilian was "also punched, kicked and struck with various objects about his head, face and body. After being handcuffed [civilian] was tasered repeatedly while laying on the ground. Other officer and superivsing officers present at the scene did nothing to stop this assault, use of excessive force and physical brutality."

Because of the police assault on his body, the civilian "suffered cuts, lacerations, bruises, swelling and pain over his entire body. He also sustained swelling, pain and bleeding from his left eye." The complaint continues, "As a direct result of these circumstances, [civilian] left eye was surgically removed..."

Outcome

Right before the trial was to start, the city settled. There are no details as to what the settlement entailed.