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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.

Audio Included in Post. Runs 14 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. Amos interviews legendary jazz trumpeter and Indy native Pharez Whitted who was in Indy for a concert at the Madame Walker Theater. Amos talked with Whitted about his music, the lack of popularity of jazz in America, the challenge of encouraging younger folks to become interested in jazz and a lot more.

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.

Audio Included in Post. Runs 15 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. City-County Councilman and Democratic Mayoral candidate Jose Evans, Baptist Ministers Alliance President Rev. Stephen Clay and Brandon Johnson’s mom all appeared on Wednesday’s (August 25th) Afternoons with Amos.

Audio Included in Post. Runs 18 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. In an exclusive Afternoons with Amos interview, a national foundation reported that Indiana is one of the ten worst states in graduating Black males from high school. A report titled Yes We Can by the Schott Foundation for Public Education reported that just 42% of Indiana’s Black males graduated from high school in 2008, the eighth lowest percentage of the fifty states and Washington DC.

Audio Included in Post. Runs 26 Minutes ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. Because of sharp drops in tax revenues because of property tax reform and the recession, the proposed 2011 budget for Indianapolis city/county government will cut services and programs. Mayor Greg Ballard’s budget proposes spending $1 billion, 149 million dollars, down $73.8 million or 6.0% from this year’s budget. Revenues for 2011 will be only $1 billion, 135 million dollars, down $125.7 million or 10% from this year’s budget.

Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi has been forced to throw out several charges against that IMPD officer charged with drunk driving that resulted in the death of one motorcyclists and the serious injury to two others.  The reason? IMPD failed to follow procedures spelled out in state law for how blood alcohol tests are to be conducted in potential criminal cases.  Public Safety Director Dr. Frank Straub and IMPD Chief Paul

Audio Included in Post. Runs 18 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. Deputy Administrator of the US Small Business Administration, Marie Johns, visited Indianapolis and Afternoons with Amos to talk about the positive changes the Obama Administration have made to the agency. Johns, an Indianapolis native, North Central HS and Indiana University grad, was appointed earlier this year by President Barack Obama.

Audio Included in Post. Runs 25 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. In an exclusive Afternoons with Amos interview, Audrey Wiggins of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law updated listeners on the class action lawsuit charging that the 2010 Census’ background check procedures discriminated against Black and other minority applicants for Census jobs. Wiggins also told listeners about the continuing problems of background and credit checks unfairly keeping those arrested and convicted of crimes years ago from gaining