Eric Huxley, 44, raised his right foot and “and drove it down onto” the handcuffed man’s head and face, as he is on the ground restrained, offiicials said. / May 15, 2023, 11:39 PM UTC By A former Indianapolis police sergeant on Monday pleaded guilty to a civil rights charge for stomping on the head of a man who had been arrested and restrained, federal prosecutors said.
Eric Huxley, 44, was indicted in October on one count of deprivation of rights under color of law in the Sept. 24, 2021, incident. The police body-cam video of a forceful arrest on Sept. 24, 2021 appears to show an officer, Sgt. Eric Huxley, stomping on Jermaine Vaughn’s face.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept. Huxley, who had been a police sergeant, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, but sentencing guidelines typically play a role and sentencing is up to judge. A sentencing date has not been set as of Monday. headtopics.com
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