The indictment filed with the Jerusalem Magistrates Court alleges that during a search for drugs and weapons in Shikh Ali's home, police found a substance suspected of being cannabis. When the suspect refused to cooperate, he was tied up in front of his wife and children and treated violently.

After his release, Shikh Ali filed a complaint with the police investigations unit, alleging that during his arrest he had been seriously injured by the police and much of the time handcuffed and blindfolded, even though he was not suspected of security offenses.

When the incident first surfaced in the public last year, police claimed that officers used "reasonable force" at the time of the arrest and that the injury was likely caused when Shikh Ali's face pressed against one of the officers' shoes. They claimed that what appeared to be a Star of David was the pattern created by the laces and buckles on the shoe.

Three of the officers were also indicted for destroying evidence. That included intentionally deleting the GoPro videos that documented the incident, as well as photos they took on their cell phones, to prevent them from being used as evidence.