Indianapolis Police Officers Acquitted of Excessive Force Charges

Officers Jonathan Horlock and Nathaniel Schauwecker were found not guilty in a case stemming from the 2020 racial injustice protests; the women arrested have filed a federal lawsuit.

• Two Indianapolis police officers, Jonathan Horlock and Nathaniel Schauwecker, were acquitted of using excessive force during the arrests of two women at a May 2020 protest against racial injustice and police brutality.
• The officers were among those ordered to arrest people gathered at a downtown Indianapolis intersection in violation of an 8 p.m. curfew.
• After more than 10 hours of deliberation, the jury found the officers not guilty of four of the charges they faced. The jury could not reach verdicts on one charge of battery and one charge of official misconduct.
• The officers' attorney, John Kautzman, said the men did what they are trained to do. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has said the officers followed policy in their use of force.
• Neither woman was charged with a crime. They have filed a federal lawsuit against Horlock, Schauwecker and two other officers that is pending.

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