The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Tuesday, September 22, 2015. Afternoons with Amos ambitious series of Candidate Tuesday interviews continues with Council candidates from Districts 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25. (Interview With IMPD Chief Rick Hite Begins At 1:39 Mark On PODCAST Media Player). Before the candidates were interviewed, IMPD Chief Hite stopped by […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Wednesday, August 26, 2015. (Extended Interview With IMPD Chief Rick Hite Starts At 1:01:48 Mark On PODCAST Media Player). In the wake of the firestorm of community criticism to a proposal by Ten Point Coalition’s Rev. Charles Harrison that IMPD should employ “stop and frisk” tactics to reduce the […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Tuesday, August 11, 2015. (Chief Hite’s Interview Starts At 1:23:23 Mark On PODCAST Media Player). Many, many questions have been raised over the Sunday, August 9th fatal police action shooting of Andre Green, a 15-year-old Black man during a traffic stop with IMPD at a dead end on North […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Â (Interview Starts At 1:12:21 Mark On PODCAST Media Player). It’s always great after all these years to see an African-American who worked in Indianapolis media and then left for a new and better opportunity to become successful. Linsey Davis was a Reporter and Weekend Anchor […]
The increasing number of violent confrontations between police and African-Americans, most of whom are unarmed, have seeped into the consciousness of Americans. Â Fueled by videos taken by civilians and a growing number of videos taken by police wearing body cams and police car dashboard cameras. But in Indiana, the rules and laws governing prosecutors and […]
Indianapolis’ Department of Public Safety is trying to be more engaging of meeting community needs. One need they realize could reduce crime and trouble is encouraging more summer and part time employment opportunities for Indianapolis’ teens and young adults. Indy Parks has scores of positions open and available now for part time and season work; […]
There been some concern, anger and unease in parts of the Indianapolis African-American community over a police action shooting that occurred this past Sunday (April 12th). Two IMPD officers were involved in the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Mack Long who was a passenger in a car stopped at 31st and Sherman Drive. Long, a passenger […]
UPDATE: Â Since the filing of this report, another shooting has occurred bringing the total of shootings in the city to five in the last 24 hours. This latest incident is in the neighborhood of the one on Howard where that victim was shot in the hand. In this one, police have responded to the shooting […]
President Barack Obama visited Indianapolis for the first time in four years and possibly his last visit to the city as President. The President spoke at Ivy Tech Community College’s Conference and Culinary Arts Center in the what was the old Stouffer’s Hotel on North Meridian Street. Â In front of a crowd of 390 persons, […]
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is honoring both officers and civilians during it’s winter Honor Awards Program on Friday morning. IMPD Chief Rick Hite, Public Safety Director Troy Riggs and Deputy Mayor Olgen Williams will be on-hand to help celebrate the honorees accomplishments, bravery and heroic actions. You’re invited to the program at 11 o’clock […]
In a week when America and the world was looking at one city’s police department that didn’t reach out and communicate to its community, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was reaching out to the community in a unique way. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Rick Hite got out […]
Community reaction to a story on Fox 59’s new 11pm NewsPoint program continues to reverberate. A follow up story on NewsPoint discussed the longstanding feelings of many in the Indianapolis African-American community about continued racial discrimination in some Broad Ripple nightclubs and bars. The updated news story, which aired for over five minutes, an unprecedented […]
