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On June 11, Indy Pride returns with its first in-person festival in two years. But a controversy involving the group and IMPD highlights how much the world has changed since 2019.

Columnist Philip Gulley writes about why the department deserves a short leash.

The city’s top cop reflects on recent police shootings, protests, and how his career prepared him for the current crisis.

Indy10 Black Lives Matter leaders Leah Derray and Kyra Harvey have been protesting full-throttle for six years now. They’re not done yet.

The 9th day of protests were the largest yet.

For the eighth consecutive night, protestors led by Indy 10 Black Lives Matter came to demand justice for the victims of police violence.

As an Afrofuturist, I’m still dreaming and hoping for better days.

Protests against racial injustice are met with violence.

Protests against racial injustice are met with violence.

Some residents say Ten Point Coalition is diverting resources from longstanding community groups there and claiming victory in an area that remains troubled.

In Indy, e-scooters skidded into two-wheeled anarchy.

Jessie Whitehouse was shot in her home last fall, and IMPD hasn’t yet publicly identified a suspect.

“Property crimes are the most common type,” says district commander Karen Arnett, “specifically thefts from vehicles.” Not surprising, given the 90,000-plus parking spaces downtown.

After experiencing this and the emotional toll, some might hesitate to pull their gun again.

Indianapolis does not have a gun problem or a homicide problem or a crime problem or a socioeconomic problem or a drug problem. It has an all-of-the-above problem.