Pea Shake Rattle and Roll, Part II
There’s some new controversy involving the illegal gambling bust that occurred last Friday on Indianapolis’ west side. According to the Indianapolis Star, a police report was issued about the bust at the “pea shake” house in the 1400 block of West Roche. That report listed the details of the raid that resulted in charges being filed against Leonard Howard. What’s odd about the report issued was that there was an earlier report issued that included statements by Democratic State Senator Glenn Howard. He said, “They don’t hurt nobody, it’s just a pea shake. I know it’s illegal, but they don’t hurt nobody,” That information was omitted in the second police report.
Now a more cynical person would think that there was something funny going on here. Sheriff Frank Anderson says he did not see anything wrong with the report being altered. IMPD Chief Mike Spears sys in hindsight, the report should not have been changed. Well, duh!
This is a classic case of having to choose between evil and stupidity. Either someone in authority at IMPD ordered the report changed to try to cover up the fact that Sen. Howard showed up at the scene of the raid. Or someone was stupid enough to think that no one in the media would notice; even though it had already been reported by me and RTV 6 that Howard was there. I can respect evil, to a point. I have no tolerance for stupid.
What this does boil down to is sheer arrogance by people in authority who think they can act with impunity and get away with anything. And for a long time they have, well here’s a news flash for a lot of these people. I normally don’t telegraph something like this but apparently there is some truth to the Internet rumor mill that the U.S. Justice Department has taken quite the interest as to what’s been going in Indianapolis as of late and I would not be surprised to see a lot of people on the business end of a grand jury.