Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1999 — Page 2

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En route to her daughter, Tameka McMillian’s home in the complex, Boyce began feeling dizzy, eventually passed out and began to have a seizure. She doesn’t recall what happened during the epileptic attack, but reports indicate that she was placed on a park bench and several residents called 911. Rescue squad Medic 31, the Indianapolis Fire Department and two off-duty IPD officers that work security in the area arrived at approximately 1:20. This is the only portion of the incident that, apparently, both sides agree on. According to the police report filed by Officer Paul Scott, Boyce “became combative, stood up and started swinging at the medical crew” when rescue crews began to check her blood pressure. At this point, Private Michael Weddle of the Fire Department “grabbed and gently attempted to subdue Mrs. Boyce,” the report continues. Weddle could not be reached for comment. But various witnesses report the restraining of Boyce occurred altogether differently. Amise McIntosh, who is also indicated on the report, said that while Boyce was recovering from the seizure, rescue crews grabbed her, twisted her arm and began to yell obscenities because she was unable to comply with requests to keep her arms still. No witness reports say Boyce threw any punches at the medical crew. “First they took enough time just to get here,” said the 20 yearold Parkwood resident. “When they slammed her down, they kept telling her to ‘shut the f- up. They weren’t trying to help her. They claimed she was fighting, but how could she be fighting if she was having a seizure? She was in need of help, so why would she attack

them?”

The report continues that, during Boyce’s restraining, McMillian and Boyce’s son, Daniel McMillian, began to get upset and had approached the crews in a “very threatening manner.” That action, according to Scott, prompted the police response. Neighborhood residents Robert Crabtree, 18 and Judy McIntosh concurred that the McMillians were upset, and began to yell at the rescue crews, but were yelling for them to just leave Boyce alone. “(Rescue crews) had attitude problems as soon as they got there,” said Crabtree. “You could tell they didn’t care about helping her, so we were just like... ‘leave her

alone.’”

Believing his mother was in jeopardy, Daniel McMillian, 16, approached the crews aggressively and became the most belligerent, according to the report. Fearing for his own safety, Scott said he turned and pushed McMillian away in an attempt to maintain safety to the crowd, which by this time reached roughly 100 residents. Upon being subdued, McMillian allegedly hit Scott twice in the nose and face. The altercation would eventually lead to head injuries suffered by both Scott and McMillian. But, while the report maintains Scott’s injuries were due to McMillian’s punches and striking his head on a bench, several stories indicate McMillian’s head injury could have been due to Scott striking him with his handcuffs. McMillian was later taken to Wishard Hospital where he received six stitches above his left eye and was treated for other lac-

erations.

According to Scott, McMillian’s head injury occurred when Tameka allegedly became violent, grabbed his arm and jerked him backwards in a violent manner. At this point

Scott alleges Daniel McMillian swung a fourth time. “I moved to block his (fourth) punch, grabbed his arm and moved in to subdue him,” Scott indicated in the report. “During that move I inadvertently grazed Mr'. McMillian with my right hand which still held my handcuffs. “It is uncertain if this contact or the falling and rolling on the ground caused the laceration,” he continued. “However, it is certain that the swelling, contusions and abrasions suffered by this officer to my face and head and officer McClain’s abrasions to his neck which he received during the final cuffing stages were the result of Mr. McMillian’s actions.” According to McIntosh, the two did engage in the fight, but the officer intentionally struck McMillian with the handcuffs. “They were tusselling,” McIntosh said. “I thought (Scott) was going to quit. Then he grabbed him and hit him with the cuffs. “(McMillian) was cussing a lot,” he continued, “but only because he was mad that they were treating hi$ mom like that.” Several witness also indicated that Tameka did not touch any of the officers, but was approached and subdued and arrested simply for asking for badge numbers that she never received. By this time the crowd had become so inflamed that officers had to use tear gas for control. One of the victims of the chemical agent was three-year-old Deontae King. Daniel McMillian was charged with two counts of resisting, disorderly conduct and battery on a police officer. He is currently being held in the Marion County Juvenile Center. Tameka McMillian was released but also faces charges of resisting arrest and battery on an

officer.

Ironically, Boyce never did go to the hospital for treatment. “I wouldn’t even go with (paramedics) because I didn’t want them touching me,” Boyce said. “Who knows what they would have done to me on the way there.” Upon learning of the incident, neurologist Dr. Michael Frencl) said that is highly unlikely that, if Boyce had been undergoing a seir zure, she would not have had the mental faculties to purposely strike the rescue crews. “(Victims) are really not able to do goal directed violent acts, even minutes after the seizure,” said French. “They can be confused, tt could have been an involuntary reaction. If she had been seizing, she would have been disoriented ” IPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Paul Ciesielski has since spoken to the supervising officer, Li. Michael Luckett, and said that miscommunication on the part of residents and rescue teams may have caused the fracas. “(Luckett) said the officers were well intentioned to try and help (Boyce,)” Ciesielski said. “They were not trying to arrest anyone, apparently they were trying to assist her. They were trying to keqp her from hurting herself and them while she was swing her arms.”" Currently, none of the residents involved have made any official complaints into the matter. IPD, jn turn, has not investigated the matter further. : Each resident questioned maihtained an inherent futility in filidg a police complaint. In fact, many said that, simply because they live in Parkwood, they don’t believe any further action will be taken.; “Parkwood people wont say anything,” said one resident, who spoke under conditions of anonymity. “We’re Black and we’re in Parkwood, so whose really going to care anyway.”