HERMAN WHITFIELD III'S MOTHER CALLED FOR AN AMBULANCE
INSTEAD SIX IMPD OFFICERS SHOWED UP & KILLED HIM IN FRONT OF HIS PARENTS

On April 25, 2022, Herman Whitfield, III was experiencing a mental health crisis at his parents' home.  His mother called for an ambulance, but six Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers showed up instead.

Without any threat or provocation, IMPD officers tasered Herman III twice, double handcuffed him, kept him positioned with weight on his chest and ignored his cries for help. Then, officers waited approximately three minutes for paramedics to arrive as Herman III laid on his chest and motionless on his parents' living room floor.

After killing Herman III in front of his parents, IMPD further victimized his parents by telling them that they tasered Herman III “just a little bit”; ordering them not to leave their house to go to the hospital to see their son; searching their home within minutes of killing Herman III and without a warrant; and threatening Herman’s mother with arrest simply because she objected to a search of their home.

In July 2022, the coroner’s office determined that the IMPD killed Herman III. IMPD has refused the family's and community calls to release the complete and unedited body camera footage.  And, IMPD has not terminated the police officers who killed Herman III and made his parents witness the homicide of their son.

The Whitfield Family is asking for the local, state, and world community to join them in calling on the Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett, Indianapolis City-County Council President Vop Osili, IMPD Police Chief Randal Taylor, IMPD General Orders Board Member Lahny Silva, and the Indianapolis Citizen's Police Complaint Board IMMEDIATELY:

DEMAND #1
Release the Complete & Unedited Body Camera Footage for Every Officer Who Went to the Whitfield Home on April 25, 2022 to Attorneys, the Press, Organizers & the Public

DEMAND #2
Terminate Every Officer Involved in the Homicide of Herman Whitfield, III and the Violation of His Parents' Rights to Prevent Harm to Other Community Members

DEMAND #3
Arrest & Prosecute & Imprison Every Officer Involved in the Homicide of Herman Whitfield III and the Violation of His Parents' Rights

DEMAND #4
Request U.S. Department of Justice Investigations of the Homicide of Herman Whitfield III & IMPD's Policies and Practices

STAND AGAINST POLICE KILLINGS & DEMAND THAT INDIANAPOLIS OFFICIALS TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE POLICE FOR THE HOMICIDE OF HERMAN WHITFIELD III.

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