INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department issued a statement on a viral video that shows its officers making an arrest in downtown Indianapolis early Sunday morning.
In its statement, IMPD indicated that the officers involved in the incident were working with the agency’s Event Response Group (ERG). IMPD deployed its ERG team in downtown Indianapolis to help manage large crowds as bars were closing for the night.
The ERG team responded to several disturbances downtown as bars were letting out, and officers were attempting to prevent any fights that were breaking out from escalating…