LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Authorities have released additional police video footage and 911 audio in the May arrest of a Black northwestern Indiana man who was mauled by a police dog while being arrested for suspected battery.
A special prosecutor and the state police are investigating allegations that three Lafayette police officers used excessive force when arresting Richard Bailey Jr., who was seriously injured.
Bailey’s lawyers previously released some police video of the mauling and the moments leading up to it. Police Chief Patrick Flannelly says the new footage and 911 audio are being released to give the public and media a broader understanding of what transpired
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Madison County Deputy Prosecutor Mary Hutchison was appointed special prosecutor to investigate whether the officers committed any crimes in their arrest of Richard Bailey Jr.
She's asked state police to also probe the incident. Lafayette police say Bailey was suspected of battery three people when he was attacked by a police dog during his May 9 arrest.
Bailey’s attorney tell the Journal & Courier he spent six days in a medically induced coma.
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