McDermott said Hammond Police Chief John Doughty was contacted late Sunday night by a local agent on behalf of the Washington FBI office and told they were closing the investigation and that were no criminal or civil rights violations occurred.

The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for verification of McDermott's statements and Jones and Mahone's lawyer, Dana Kurtz, said it was not up to the FBI to make a determination whether civil rights violations occurred. She said she heard the FBI was looking around in Hammond, but had not heard anything that they had stopped any investigation.

Kurtz said what McDermott "needs to be doing is taking a stand against excessive force, which seems to be a pattern among his police officers."

She claimed he instead seems to be encouraging such action by his public support of the officers.

A statement issued by McDermott noted the Indiana State Police and Lake County Sheriff's Department earlier declined his invitation to investigate the matter. He added the office also has met with community and church leaders since the incident happened.

"We have held a community forum and discussion that was attended by hundreds of residents as well as law enforcement past and present, church leaders, the NAACP, and elected officials.