Whitley County Consolidated Schools may have inadvertently opened themselves up to a civil rights lawsuit—and if they’re not careful, they’ll lose. After a student reported inappropriate conduct by a bus driver, the district failed to inform her mother. The mother later recorded a meeting with school administrators without their permission. That action was entirely lawful […]
By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz Let me introduce you to David Waters—a political activist with a growing track record of failure and a troubling habit of turning public processes into personal crusades. Waters has run for public office twice. He lost both times. In 2023, he challenged Brian Mowery in the GOP primary for Indianapolis City–County Council […]
Public safety is the foundational promise of government. And right now, Indianapolis is struggling to deliver. The recent uptick in juvenile violence — particularly high-profile shootings involving minors — demands more than press conferences and positive vibes. It demands a reset: one that combines judicial discretion, community reinvestment, and family accountability in a unified strategy. […]
We’ve seen this before. A public tragedy. A downtown shooting. Lives lost, outrage sparked, headlines written. City leaders make statements. Police hold a presser. And then… silence. Shrug. Reset. Rinse and repeat. On July 4, chaos erupted downtown. Two teenagers dead. Five others shot. All within blocks of where we roll out the red carpet […]
By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz | Indiana Barrister Once upon a time, being out after midnight was a teenage rite of passage. You grabbed a late-night bite with friends. You hung out at the mall. Maybe you caught a midnight movie. And if you were really pushing it, you’d cruise back into the driveway just before curfew—fueled […]
Most people go to law school. I commuted to it. Three to four nights a week, I drove from Springfield to St. Louis to attend classes part-time at Saint Louis University School of Law. By day, I worked full-time for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. Nights and weekends, I held down two part-time radio DJ […]
Ten years ago today, something wild happened in Indiana. And no, I’m not talking about the Statehouse Wi-Fi finally working. I’m talking about the birth of the First Church of Cannabis—an idea so crazy, so thoroughly Hoosier, that naturally… it came from me. The year was 2015. I was sitting at the bar at Nicky […]
