Comments on Advance Indiana™: Police Report Altered To Remove References To Howard

This is very simply abuse of power and it opens a ...

2007-02-10T09:26:00.000-05:00

This is very simply abuse of power and it opens a can of worms on what is and what is not true in police reports. Why believe anything the police write if it can be changed so easily? If what happened is common place, and at this point we have no evidence that it is not, all police reports can now be brought under scrutinity and authenticity questioned.

This is proof positive that absolute power creates absolute corruption and the city of Indianapolis is in for a dangerous times.

I will tell you this, if I ever find myself in any police report I will challenge the report because it is obvious to all citizens that it can be changed at a whim by anyone in the department. Anderson has just made a tough and dangerous job done by our officers that much harder.

Surely the anonymous nobodies aren't insinuating t...

2007-02-09T20:28:00.000-05:00

Surely the anonymous nobodies aren't insinuating that Republican County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi is getting payoffs and is corrupt, lazy and/or incompetent?

The Star Needs To Follow the Money.Clearly local p...

2007-02-09T20:16:00.000-05:00

The Star Needs To Follow the Money.

Clearly local public officials and law enforcement leadership are negligent, complacent, if not corrupt.

Shut down all these illegal cherry masters, pea ho...

2007-02-09T19:32:00.000-05:00

Shut down all these illegal cherry masters, pea houses, bingo halls, and any other gambling establishment that is not obeying the law.

It's not a racial thing. Illegal gambling pays no taxes, follows no standards on payouts, and supports other illegal activity.

Perhaps the State Police and Attorney General investigate whether public officials and law enforcement are protecting people that are kicking back profits and giving campaign support?

Wilson, how dare you make racist accusations again...

2007-02-09T14:36:00.000-05:00

Wilson, how dare you make racist accusations against those who post serious policy questions. You have no right, and you're making a fool of yourself.

8:37: no stories suggest that the Major ordered the patrolman to alter the report. I don't think he'd be stupid enough to do that.

8:45, you're on the wrong site. IndyUndercover is your site. We're not here debating the police consolidation. It happened. It'll save money. Move on.

8:55, I hahve heard the Modisett rumor before and directly asked him the question last summer. He denied it.

As for involving churches--Howard stands beside the CC group on camera often. It's fair game. They display outrage on mutiple issues, and I often agree with them. It is one of the missions of men of the cloth to point out social injustice, and how we cna be helped by appllication of the Golden Rule.

Their voice is silent on this one, and it's hypocritical.

The misdirected link for Abdul's site was very str...

2007-02-09T14:11:00.000-05:00

The misdirected link for Abdul's site was very strange. It works now. Hopefully, Abdul doesn't take it personally. I'm sure he will find the humor in it.

The problem with this quick little news stories is...

2007-02-09T12:21:00.000-05:00

The problem with this quick little news stories is NO ONE FOLLOWS UP. They let it make the headlines, do their little story and never bother to ask any more questions. Both print and electonic media do it. When was the last night you hear any of them say,"As a follow up to our story on..." You don't. INVESTIGATION does not end after you grab the moment, it means seeing it through to completion.

Ugh, the "confimed" link goes to a Google Group ca...

2007-02-09T11:42:00.000-05:00

Ugh, the "confimed" link goes to a Google Group called "PlaygirlMales."

Rico, raceteering...It's time for the DOJ.

2007-02-09T10:38:00.000-05:00

Rico, raceteering...It's time for the DOJ.

I don't recall members of the white clergy communi...

2007-02-09T09:15:00.000-05:00

I don't recall members of the white clergy community speaking out against bingo games before they were legalized and the Catholic Church's weekly pool. Leave the churches out of this discussion.

Both major political parties have elected office holders who controll our tax dollars. The African American community has always been ignored and gotten the short end of the deal as it relates to crime in our neighborhoods. Environmental racism, too many liquor stores and bars, drug dealing and illegal gambling. who really cares.

We pay taxes but get nothing in return. When we standup in protest against a liquor license for a bar in a government building, it was granted even though there was no lease, laws were broken from the beginning. The city chose to support a bar rather than a park for our children.

Evidently someone downtown did not get their regular cut during Super Bowl weekend and ordered the raid. I am not surpirsed!

This is outrageous!!!! Who do we have to call? W...

2007-02-09T09:08:00.000-05:00

This is outrageous!!!! Who do we have to call? Who do we have to write to? How is this different from the corruption at Enron and Tyco and all the rest. Absolute power creates absolute corruption.

Bling-bling Anderson and Fart Peterson believe they can do anything they want. Wrong. Eventually you go to far.

In 1990, Glenn Howard and Bill Crawford drove Demo...

2007-02-09T08:55:00.000-05:00

In 1990, Glenn Howard and Bill Crawford drove Democrat candidate for prosecutor Jeff Modisett to all of the pea shake houses. Nobody was upset about it then so why now?

Major Paul Ciesielski has no business counseling A...

2007-02-09T08:45:00.000-05:00

Major Paul Ciesielski has no business counseling ANY working Police Officer, not the capability to do so. after having spent most of his career in one rear-echelon administrative job after another. Kind of like Wilson Allen having no business or capability of being THE (self annointed/scourged) White martyr for all sins visited upon our Black brothers, both real and imagined.

Anyone really surprised here? Welcome to your IMPD. Please set your watches back 30 years.

The officer was ordered by the northwest commander...

2007-02-09T08:37:00.000-05:00

The officer was ordered by the northwest commander to remove the comments made by howard.

The feds may be more involve than people think. C...

2007-02-09T08:23:00.000-05:00

The feds may be more involve than people think. Check my blog this weekend for details.

Other than playing the race card when no legitamat...

2007-02-09T08:01:00.000-05:00

Other than playing the race card when no legitamate argument can be made, please explain the correlation between being against illegal gambling and racism. I guess I'm not making that connection.

The anonymous nobodies skulking around wearing the...

2007-02-09T07:38:00.000-05:00

The anonymous nobodies skulking around wearing their white hoods of TCP/IP are riding again...

"White folks play bingo." Howard's stereotype, so...

2007-02-09T07:28:00.000-05:00

"White folks play bingo." Howard's stereotype, somehow in defense of an illegal activity, is a step away from being racist.

Flip it around. Black folks eat fried chicken, greens and watermellon.

Crap, I beat Wilson to the race card. But Glenn started it.

interesting point, HailI know a few Conc. Clergy m...

2007-02-09T07:20:00.000-05:00

interesting point, Hail

I know a few Conc. Clergy members. I intend to ask them this question.

I have shared their concern over many issues in the past. Their voice is one that needs to be heard often times.

If they're not voicing their outrage over this, they're hypocrites. Period.

6:06 - Concerned Clergy don't say anything for a r...

2007-02-09T07:06:00.000-05:00

6:06 - Concerned Clergy don't say anything for a reason. Gifts horses and mouths and all. 10% is a nice chunk of change.

"You can bet the police officer who filed the orig...

2007-02-09T06:26:00.000-05:00

"You can bet the police officer who filed the original police report altered his report to remove the comment by Sen. Howard..."

I *could* bet, but it would be illegal. Heh.

Isn't bingo legal? If not, I'm reporting that Knights of Columbus hall on Delaware. Parking is terrible, and some blue haired lady almost ran me over there last week.

Seriously, Sen. Howard, the comparison is ludicrous.

I could've understood if Howard's name never made ...

2007-02-09T06:06:00.000-05:00

I could've understood if Howard's name never made the report in the first place. But once it did, it should never have been removed.

When the Major hinted that Howard's name didn't belong in the report, he entered the twilight political zone.

Tell me: if this activity is so innocent, how was nearly 6 grand in cash found, along with eight high-power weapons, and a security system that would rival a bank's ?

To complete the stereotype, all that's missing is four pit bulls and some Pacers.

Instead of making excuses, where are African-American political and religious leaders, saying what should be said:

"These houses are a scourge on our neighborhoods. Thank you, IMPD, for raiding this one. Don't stop here."

Concerned Clergy is in front of any TV camera available when they sense impropriety. And they should be. Often their voice is welcome and singular (unfortunately). Their silence here is deafening, prejudiced and inappropriate. The violence and corruption they so ardously reject, is right under their noses and they say nothing?