Viral arrest video sparks internal IMPD investigation
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A viral video of an early Sunday morning arrest in downtown Indianapolis sparked an internal police investigation over concerns the arrest was brutal.
On Monday, the video had more than 32,000 views on Facebook. It shows the officer push a man away. The man then swipes the officer’s hand away. That’s when the officer shoots him in the chest with nonlethal rounds before arresting him.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in its own Facebook post on Sunday afternoon that, before the arrest, officers saw the man and someone else shouting at each other. The officers stepped in to stop a potential fight…