Posts in category crime

by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz Thirty-seven times.   That’s apparently the number of times I’ve asked Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett about the city’s skyrocketing murder rate. What am …

Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced today that Raymond Childs III, 17, has been charged in the Jan. 24 shooting deaths of Raymond Childs Jr., …

Indy Politics talks to State Senator Jack Sandlin about his proposed legislation that would take control of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department away from the …

by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz Indianapolis saw its worst murder rate in 2020. The city saw 214 murders. That was 62 more criminal homicide than in 2019. …

With more than 190 murders in Indianapolis, Indy Politics speaks to Rev. Charles Harrison of the anti-violence group, the Ten-Point Coalition, to see if the …

United States Attorney General William Barr was in Indianapolis on Thursday to get an update from federal and local law enforcement officials on Operation  Legend, …

Indy Politics talks with Kokomo Mayor Tyler Moore about his city’s efforts to recruit more police officers, particularly from Indianapolis. The City released a new …

Indy Politics sits down with Indy City-County Council Republican leader Brian Mowery to talk about how things have been going in the capital city lately. …

With Indianapolis on track for another year of record murders, Indy Politics speaks with Rev. Charles Harrison of the Ten Point Coalition to see if …

Acting United States Attorney John Childress and Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today that a federal grand jury …