More police in high-crime areas -- what a concept!
The plan announced Wednesday is part of the city's new crime-fighting strategy, announced last month, which stresses cooperation between residents and police. IMPD will flood high-crime areas with extra officers and go after 30 of the city's most notorious criminals in an effort to slow the rate of homicides and violent crimes, Ciesielski said.
If the Heritage Foundation and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers agree on something, either the world as we know it is coming to an end, or a serious problem is being addressed:
The Associated Press isn't being very helpful:
WARSAW, Ind. — A judge ruled Thursday that a 15-year-old boy and his 12-year-old friend should be tried for murder as adults in the shooting death of the older boy's stepfather, saying the state's juvenile court system wasn't equipped to handle such serious cases.
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The Associated Press generally does not identify juveniles charged with crimes.
One of the things I've disagreed with Mike Pence on is his support of a national shield law for journalists. Here's what I said last year:
Come on, people, you can keep screwing up just like you always have, but leave the dogs out of it, OK? First, from Indianapolis, comes the story of an attack with a deadly weapon:
For the first time, prosecutors in Marion County are considering filing charges of assault with a deadly weapon - and the deadly weapon is a dog.
"I was robbed. I was jumped and bit by a dog," said Terri Henry, who was attacked Monday in the 3100 block of West Michigan.
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This story sent me straight into full fuddy-duddy mode, shaking my head about the terrible state of things today (when compared to the golden age of my youth, naturally):
The chief of police for Indianapolis Public Schools said the district's plan to cut 20 officers will mean staff and students won't feel as safe.
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Garner said he believes the loss will be felt across the district.
In the ruling allowing a white cross to stay on a stretch of Mojave Desert to honor the dead of World War I, Justice Kennedy made the point I was trying to get across in a recent post, and he said it much better:
The bottom line, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote, is that "the Constitution does not oblige government to avoid any public acknowledgment of religion's role in society."
Today's checklist: 1) Put five pounds of pot in car, 2) Make sure car has no observable defects, 3) Be careful to observe all traffic laws and do nothing to arouse suspicion. Whoops!
Indiana State Police stopped a driver Monday night for a headlight violation and found five pounds of marijuana in the vehicle.
At 10:10 pm Monday night, Trooper Jay Anspach stopped a vehicle at the corner of Hillegas Road and Jefferson Boulevard.
Is Arizona's new immigration law an overreach that will invite abuse, if not take the state to apartheid-like actions or even a Nazi Germany atmosphere? Or does reaction to the law amount to hysterical ravings about a perfectly reasonable measure?
Oh, sure, this is a much better solution than letting law-abiding citizens arm themselves:
