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Audio Included in Post. Runs 20 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. Appearing on Afternoons with Amos City-County Council President Ryan Vaughn and Democratic Councilman Brian Mahern offer proposals to help bring reform to Indianapolis’ troubled police department. The proposals would include increase the level of education required for police recruits and those promoted to command ranks.
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Audio Included in Post. Runs 33 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. IMPD Chief Paul Ciesielski appeared on Afternoons with Amos defending his controversial decision to promote Scott Hasler to command IMPD’s East District. In 1990 Hasler was involved in the controversial shooting of Leonard Barnett, an unarmed robbery suspect who Hasler said was fleeing, but Barnett had a severely broken foot and was unarmed. Hasler’s promotion has raised deep anger and concern among many in the African-American community.
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Audio Included in Post. Runs 28 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. The crisis enveloping the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department continues. On Afternoons with Amos, veteran WXIN/Fox 59 reporter Russ McQuade and City-County Councilors Joanne Sanders and William “Duke” Oliver talked about the latest developments.
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General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don’t text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.
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He’s famous for his obsession with the subway, but mass-transit menace Darius McCollum says he loves buses so much he has stolen 150 of them in the last decade.
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 — President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus — has been marketed as a jobs bill, and that’s how it’s been judged. The White House says it has saved or created about 3 million jobs, helping avoid a depression and end a recession. Republicans mock it as a Big Government boondoggle that has failed to prevent rampant unemployment despite a massive expansion of the deficit. Liberals complain that it wasn’t massive enough.
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Today I sat with one of my favorite local Gospel Emcee’s B The Messenger! He talks about his album and what secular artist he wants to see join God’s Army!
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A severely malnourished 4-year-old girl was found dead – tied to a crib – in a filthy Brooklyn apartment Thursday morning, cops said.
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Though its roots are in Trinidad and Tobago, the West Indian American Day Carnival Parade has always been an all-inclusive Caribbean affair, and this year, Haiti’s going to get some special attention, according to carnival spokeswoman Jean Alexander.
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AUDIO INCLUDED IN THIS POST: Listen to Hair Talk with Peanut on the Kingdom Takeover Thursdays at 3:45pm on AM1310 The Light! Today we are talking about back to school hair tips
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