In Indiana, two Indianapolis police officers have been acquitted in the 2022 killing of Herman Whitfield III, an award-winning African American piano virtuoso, who died after the officers repeatedly tasered him, handcuffed and pinned him to the ground as he cried out he couldn’t breathe. The jury found Indianapolis police officers Adam Ahmad and Steven Sanchez not guilty on all counts of involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide and battery. In April 2022, Whitfield’s parents called 911 to ask for help as their son experienced a mental health crisis in their home. The officers found Whitfield without clothes on and bleeding from the mouth. Instead of helping him, they attacked the 39-year-old with a stun gun and then restrained him. Whitfield’s death was later ruled a homicide.