A court appearance has been set for Eric Parker for March 12.



A southeast Asian empowerment group condemned the use of force after seeing dash camera footage of an officer slamming down a 58-year-old man visiting from India.



The video of the incident has made its way to India. Representatives from India's consulate were at the news conference yesterday and said they were extremely disappointed.



The Asha Kiran group, a southeast Asia empowerment group, said before this even happened they had a talked with Madison City Police about teaching officers sensitivity training. The training session is set for Feb. 24.



The group said there wasn't an incident before the one with Patel to prompt this, but these recent events show how important cultural awareness is.



Captain Stringer from the Madison City Police Department said he couldn't answer any questions about the case or even questions about police officers training. Ashakiren said no matter who you are, the dash cam video should upset you.



"Regardless of what organization you're with and what your background culturally is, it's kinda been the same theme, I think everyone is in shock," said Pranteek Patnik with the Asha Kiran. "That video that was released is pretty powerful and myself and everyone I've talked to friends and colleagues all been blown away by it and really in disbelief."