Huxley stays suspended without pay with a recommendation of termination from the IMPD police chief to the Civilian Police Merit Board.
INDIANAPOLIS — Embattled Metro police Sgt. Eric Huxley seemed prior to a judge Tuesday afternoon on felony fees of reputable misconduct and battery.
Police frame digital camera video captured Huxley kicking a man in the face all through a Sept. 24, 2021 arrest for disorderly behavior.
Huxley faces state and federal charges. More than a year after the incident, a federal grand jury indicted Huxley for violating Jermaine Vaughn's civil rights through the usage of excessive drive.
Huxley seemed with his legal professional, John Kautzman, in Marion Superior Court, for a temporary listening to Tuesday afternoon. Kautzman informed Judge Jose Salinas that the prosecutor has presented a plea settlement.
“Whether or now not that plea settlement is cheap and contains an appropriate outcome of the case, we do not know yet or it'll wish to cross to trial,” Kautzman mentioned after the hearing. “So, we just haven't made that ultimate resolution but. We're nonetheless in discussions with the prosecutor's workplace and with the (United States) Department of Justice on whether or not or not we will be able to work this topic out or no longer. That remains to be noticed and we should know a lot more inside the subsequent month."
The next state court hearing is set for April 4. The federal case has a hearing set for April 12.
Huxley remains suspended without pay with a recommendation of termination from the IMPD police chief to the Civilian Police Merit Board, but that board will not act on Huxley's employment until the criminal process is completed.
Huxley, a 15-year veteran of the police force, could resign from the police department as part of a plea deal. Does he want to continue his law enforcement career?
“All those considerations need to be deferred until we know exactly what the outcome of this case is going to be,” said Kautzman.
In addition, earlier this month, Jermaine Vaughn sued the city of Indianapolis, Metro Police, Eric Huxley, and the other officers involved. The civil suit claims intentional battery, unlawful arrest, unlawful and excessive force, official misconduct, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress. No court dates are scheduled yet in that civil case filed in Marion Superior Court.
Police responded to Monument Circle in September 2021 after a call for disorderly conduct. Court documents say Vaughn, who was homeless, was being "loud and disorderly" and was asked to quiet down. When he didn't, officers arrested him.
While Vaughn was in handcuffs, the lawsuit alleges officers pushed him up the concrete steps on Monument Circle and then pushed him down on the concrete at the plateau of the steps.
The lawsuit says the officers proceeded to "forcibly" pin Vaughn to the ground before Huxley "used over the top and illegal power when he viciously attacked and kicked" Vaughn.
Bodycam video displays Vaughn on his again together with his palms in cuffs when Huxley kicked him in the face, right away inflicting his mouth to bleed.
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