News & Commentary

We won’t arrest our way out of homelessness. And HB 1662, an unfunded one-size-fits-all mandate, will only make the problem worse.

A newly enacted law attempts to gut First Amendment protections for Hoosiers recording police activity — so we're suing to challenge the new law.

Governments and police forces should not be able to use surveillance technologies for any purpose without informing and securing the permission of the people they serve.

This flawed technology threatens core constitutional rights, and endangers people of color and other marginalized groups.

Investing in communities that have been historically under-resourced and over-criminalized is a long overdue and critical piece to achieving public safety.

The U.S. policing system has been entwined with racism since its inception during the slavery era. The first municipal police department in the country was conceived as a slave patrol to monitor and surveil the Black enslaved population.  

This summer, we saw Black Lives Matter protests across the state of Indiana, calling for an end to police brutality. And although the majority of these protests were peaceful, they were met by police with teargas and projectiles, ultimately leading to three ACLU of Indiana lawsuits. 

Last Thursday, IMPD proposed its 2021 budget to the Indianapolis City-County Council Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee. During the committee meeting, IMPD leadership broke down their $261,245,103 budget line by line. The main takeaway being that IMPD seeks more officers and more equipment.  

As Hoosiers continue to march the streets, demanding police reform and an end to police violence against Black and Brown people, we are confronted with images and videos of police using tear gas on peaceful protesters and making mass arrests of demonstrators who are practicing their First Amendment rights.