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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowMayor Joe Hogsett on Monday announced a one-night extension of the curfew he issued over the weekend for Marion County.
The curfew begins at 8 p.m. Monday and runs through 4 a.m. Tuesday. Polls open Tuesday at 6 a.m. for Election Day.
Hogsett implemented a curfew Sunday after a weekend of violent protests, riots and vandalism that led to two deaths, dozens of arrests and damage to at least 30 downtown businesses.
The order is in effect for all of Marion County.
Only essential travel—to work or for medical emergencies, for example, will be permitted.
Violation of the curfew order is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days in jail and fines worth up to $10,000.
“I am proud of our residents, the vast majority of whom abided by Sunday night’s curfew order,” Hogsett said in written comments. “My thanks go out to the men and women who helped keep Indianapolis peaceful overnight. Throughout our history, the most basic mechanism for systemic change has been the ballot box. At a time ripe with the potential to change our institutions and empower the will of the people, tomorrow presents a powerful opportunity for residents to make their voices heard through the exercise of their constitutional right to vote. Today I am reinstating the curfew order to ensure we can preserve and protect that right.”
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About one of the smartest things he has done. His Polictically Correct “leadership” in this all has been very weak and has left our city and police vulernable.
Does anybody know why the entire county has a curfew instead of Downtown? Is it that our courageous mayor doesn’t have the where for all to limit this to what most of us know as the Mile Square?
I would say that it is because the people that gather come from all around the city and not just from within the Mile Square.
I would guess that the concern is that if the “mile square” is shut down they’ll go just outside of it to rape and pillage. Not the peaceful demonstrators but rather the useless destroyers that seem to just flock right behind them in every city in the US
John, relatively few people live in the Mile Square. Most of the people congregating downtown to protest are coming not only from elsewhere in the county, but also from other places in Indiana and even out-of-state. So, yes, I suppose the National Guard could ring the Mile Square after curfew, and then guess what? The protestors could just step a few blocks away and no longer be in violation of curfew.
Here is a newsflash for you, protestors are mobile and they are willing and able to go wherever they can have an impact. Look at the protestors who stormed Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, I am quite sure the wealthy people living in Beverly Hills thought “this is not our problem and we are safe here,” but they were wrong. It would be quite interesting if the Mayor only closed down the Mile Square and the protestors moved up to Keystone-at-the-Crossing.
It should have been done first thing Saturday. The Saturday riots were predictable.
I would guess that the concern is that if the “mile square” is shut down they’ll go just outside of it to rape and pillage. Not the peaceful demonstrators but rather the useless destroyers that seem to just flock right behind them in every city in the US