Money to Fight Crime Passes Despite Multiple Objections, Disturbance at Council Meeting
INDIANAPOLIS The Indianapolis City-County Council has voted to add over $3 million to fight crime, a proposal that adds money to combat mental health concerns, domestic violence, and money for data analysis and other programs for the Indianapolis Metro Police Department, totaling about one-third of the $3 million.
The proposal passed 23 to 2, despite objections from a variety of angles, including a cavalcade of people who support defunding or abolishing the police, more specifically IMPD.
LISTEN: The entire debate over the proposal (warning: there’s a bad word or two)
“So, we have a police department. Did they prevent these crimes,” asked one woman wearing a BLM t-shirt, talking about the July 4th holiday weekend. “So, they’re not preventing crime.”
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