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All MAGA lies. Downtown is perfectly safe. (Yes, this is the biggest joke of all.)
I’m sure the defunding the police narrative in the past has really helped the situation… too bad Pothole Joe didn’t stand up to his party’s skewed perspectives, and do what was best for the city and the residents.
IMPD never once had its budget reduced. I don’t like Hogsett but the Mayor is not responsible for national rhetoric.
Parents should be held responsible for these juvenile shootings. These shootings are destroying our downtown and the City’s reputation. Not good.
Agree 100%! The council, police, mayor should ensure that parents be held accountable in some fashion for this behavior by youth.
I agree 100%.
And we might have more crew if we’d pay more.
Anyone want to stroll the canal at 11pm? Yikes
One wonders how many of the youth involved in the shootings are being raised by a grandparent and have no involvement from their parents.
Why are the current curfew laws being enforced? “includes what the mayor called “active enforcement” of an existing state curfew that prohibits anyone under 15 from being out past 11 p.m. on the weekends and anyone 15-17 from being out past 1 a.m. IMPD had been focused on education rather than enforcement of the curfew, “trying to ensure every parent and guardian takes responsibility for their children in the overnight hours,” Hogsett acknowledged.” Especially during the summer and during holiday events when statistics show violence surges at these times?
Let’s create a program to educate the parents about curfew laws–and knowledge that curfew will be enforced. When parents show up at community events for a free backpack, coat, food, etc. for their child. Have them listen to and sign off that they understand what curfew laws are.
We also need to look to our law-makers to create a law where parents are held accountable for their minor children’s actions. We need get a law on the books AND ENFORCE IT–that will let parents know we are serious about holding them responsible.
Indianapolis tax payers put millions of dollars into our city that make it possible for it to successfully host sporting events of all levels. Events that provide downtown businesses with the people needed to keep their businesses running. We cannot and should not let crime and incorrigible teens ruin our city.
Where is Prosecutor Ryan Mears in all of this? His prosecutorial strategy — to only prosecute murders and violent felonies and ignore every other “quality of life” crime in the city has had a devastating effect on our city, especially downtown. He refuses to prosecute juvenile offenders for every offense committed until they commit murder or other violent felony. If enforcement by our hard-working police officers has fallen off over the last 5-6 years, that’s why. It’s a revolving door in his office and the Juvenile Court. When will he be held to account by the media?
Between Ryan Mears and Boss Hogsett, downtown and the dialed Redline sure are shaping up to mimic Chicago…
Call it like it is: no one wants these thugs out ruining our city, the parents are the problem, and zero accountability leads to chaos.
Many ( especially those with downtown business concerns) can only hope that the next administration focuses on ‘practical governance’ as opposed to political party theoretics. Police can only do so much. Unless the DA’s office does its job, thugs will erode years and billions of $’s in confidence and goodwill. Reputations travel fast….and are difficult to reverse.
The city should adopt a curfew law that is much more restrictive than the absurd state law. To wit, the city should establish a law that requires every child age 17 and under to be home before 10pm every night of the week, period. Make the parents/guardians responsible for their children’s behavior and compliance, period. Non-compliance should impose stiff penalties, including fines and jail time, period. The only time a child should be exempt from these conditions is if and when they are in the presence of their parents or chaperones who will accept responsibility for the child’s behavior.
Can we have a new mayor soon?
A couple of things:
1. I was surprised to learn that the curfew enforcement that started last year was not being continued until this last incident. We can’t have this sort of thing happen in the Mile Square (it shouldn’t happen anywhere, but still…).
2. Stop making this a political party debate. The current crime rate is lower than the last year of Ballard’s (GOP) administration. I believe the GOP ran the City-County Council then. It shot up the first couple of years under Hogsett, but it has been slowly tapering off. Interestingly, the rate went up significantly in Ballard’s first year (2007) when he took over from Peterson (Dem). Again, though, this should not be a political party debate. It should be about what works to lower crime without becoming a police state.
3. I fully agree that those involved in violence/gun play should be removed from the public for a meaningful period of time. Not for punishment, but for our protection.
4. We continue to have problems hiring police officers. Without that, it is tough to do what we need to have done.
Here’s the year by year chart for crime rates: https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/cities/us/in/indianapolis/crime-rate-statistics
I apologize. The chart I linked to in my comment above only goes up to 2017. The one I had tried to put up has disappeared. I’ll try to find it.