Indiana police officers filmed punching handcuffed suspect are charged for using excessive force
A federal grand jury indicted two Elkhart, Indiana, police officers Thursday after they allegedly punched a handcuffed arrestee in the face multiple times.
The latest indictment accused Newland and Titus of hitting arrestee “M.L.” in the face several times after he spat at one of them. M.L.—known as Mario Guerrero Ledesma—was handcuffed and seated in a chair in the Elkhart Police Department during the alleged incident. The January 2018 incident was caught on surveillance footage obtained and released by the Tribune and the nonprofit news organization ProPublica. Authorities brought the latest charge against the two officers after an investigation by the FBI’s Indianapolis Field Office, the Justice Department reported.
Titus faces a May trial at the Elkhart Superior Court over the earlier battery charge, the Tribune reported. Newland will meet with prosecutors in April, possibly to negotiate a plea deal. Officials had previously put the two men on administrative leave. The officers also received reprimands about five months after the alleged incident, ProPublica noted.
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