The IMPD's "Listening Plans" in Perspective

This evening, the Indianapolis Police Department (IMPD) will hold its sixth "listening session" at Southeast Community Services. However, just like the first five sessions, not a single IMPD representative will be there to listen to the community or, in their words, hear our "valuable perspectives and help inform IMPD's strategic plan." Instead, the IMPD paid over $200,000 to Taylor Advising, a local consulting firm, to organize and host the events.

In this episode of Naptown News Radio, co-hosts Dani Abdullah and Derek Ford put these developments into perspective by examining current and recent acts of IMPD terror and the struggles against them. To inform the ongoing campaigns for Adam Sykes, Jada Trainor, and Eric Taylor, they look back to the 2023 IMPD shooting spree and the movement against it, as well as the historic 2020 uprisings against the War on Black America.

Joining the show this week is Aubrey Whiteman, who testified in the 2024 lawsuit against Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears and his landlord for selectively locking the doors on her and her fellow community members as they tried to have a simple conversation with the elected official.

Show Links:

• “It’s the system:” Families of IMPD victims on Taylor’s resignation: https://indyliberationcenter.org/impd-victims-families-say-its-the-system 

• IMPD Shoots, Kills Adam Sykes who was Defending Woman from Attackers: https://indyliberationcenter.org/impd-kills-adam-sykes 

• News Round-Up: Adam Sykes and Family Uncover Hidden Evidence in Police Shooting: https://indyliberationcenter.org/sykes-news-roundup

• Indianapolis Police Shooting Spree Intensifies; Victims' Communities Build a New Movement: https://liberationnews.org/indianapolis-police-shooting-spree-intensifies-victims-communities-build-a-new-movement 

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