@andrewilliamsus This sounds more racist than us aren't. We're just tired of cultures from every race but liberals take to an extreme and kick into next level insanity 😳
@andrewilliamsus People sick of the race card reparations shit when you don't nothing for free... SMFH.. she's not homeless cause she's always grifting
@SeeRacists Which is it dumbass, armed or unarmed? He brandished a weapon after leaving store but let's defend a theif.. cause he didn du nuffin... Enough.. now... all you do is expose how RACIST you are!
Well said, @Jim_Banks "And the rest of Indiana is punished for Marion County’s refusal to act.
Ryan Mears is a prosecutor gone rogue. He refuses to keep violent criminals behind bars and is an absolute failure of a prosecutor....
If we keep making excuses for why we can’t enforce the law and keep violent criminals in prison, we will never have safe neighborhoods and communities—and innocent people like Brett will continue pay the price."
Senator Banks Remembers Brett Scrogham on Senate Floor
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor about the senseless murder of 23-year-old Brett Scrogham and the urgent need for Indianapolis to end soft on crime policies that have enabled violent crime.
“Madam President,
23-year-old Brett Scrogham of Greenwood, Indiana had a bright future ahead of him. After graduating as a top 100 student from the IU Kelley School of Business, Brett had plans to invest in housing properties and help his community grow and prosper. As a young child, Brett helped a neighbor rescue her dogs from a terrible house fire.
Friends of his referred to him as “a God-fearing Christian man,” who was always willing to help people. Though I never had the chance to meet him, it’s clear to me that Brett was really an incredible person. And now I’ll never get the chance to meet this bright young man.
Tragically, Brett was murdered in cold blood this weekend on his way to an Indians game with his family. The killing took place in a parking garage next to the biggest church in Indianapolis. College students and young families park there every week.
I am heartbroken by this senseless act of violence. Brett’s family are in my thoughts and prayers, and I hope that the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department will arrest the murderer soon, who is still at large.
The Mayor of Indianapolis put out a weak statement that didn’t even mention Brett’s name, and so I wanted to come down to the floor and talk about who he was and what’s happening in Indianapolis.
Brett’s murder is the second murder in downtown Indianapolis in less than a week. Just before the Indy500, Gregory Anderson, a father of five children, was murdered in the downtown bar district in Indianapolis. And then last Sunday, a 16-year-old teenager was murdered in the Northwest Side of Indy.
Mr. President, these murders have no place in Indiana, especially in our capitol city. Indianapolis is truly a great city, and it has so much going for it. Indy is home to incredible businesses, world-class sporting events like the Indy500 which took place last week, and so much more.
But what’s been happening in Indianapolis is an epidemic.
Soft on crime policies are ruining this great city. How much longer will we allow this to go on?
The reason Indianapolis is plagued by violent crime is because Marion County lets it happen. Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears refuses to prosecute violent criminals.
For example, one man in Indiana has faced over 30 criminal charges, most of them felony charges in Marion County, since 2020. This man should be locked up forever. But he’s not, thanks to Ryan Mears, liberal judges, and all of their soft-on-crime polices.
And the rest of Indiana is punished for Marion County’s refusal to act.
Ryan Mears is a prosecutor gone rogue. He refuses to keep violent criminals behind bars and is an absolute failure of a prosecutor.
And it’s not only the prosecutor that refuses to enforce the law. State Sen. Andrea Hunley, also a Democrat, recently said with regards to crime in Indianapolis that “We are not going to ever enforce our way out of the problem.”
That is not only a lie; it’s also an excuse.
If we keep making excuses for why we can’t enforce the law and keep violent criminals in prison, we will never have safe neighborhoods and communities—and innocent people like Brett will continue pay the price.
Everyone wants to talk about fairness, dignity and legal protections for criminal defendants. But what about Brett? Where was his fairness? Why do we talk about the dignity of criminals and never the dignity of their victims?
We know how to keep our cities safe: we need to put large amounts of police officers on patrol, let them do their job, and ensure that criminals remain in prison. But the opposite keeps happening.
@93wibc
@suretocover Hogshit and Butt Smears have been a huge stain on Marion Co for too long. Prosecution of both for .5% of crime they let slide & city would indefinitely rid ourselves of these failures
@PhilipMFoust Thank you .... you're now on my radar for upcoming elections. We need to stop the political agenda in Indianapolis that says if you're American or White, you're the problem. We all bleed the same & criminals are criminals. Let's quit incriminating victims!
@itzRex@AmiriKing Where is the clip of a parent throwing a child into this? Reminds me of video a few years ago where little girls were playing at a museum & mother was aggressively telling child to purposely be mean to a white girl playing but those who didn't listen to audio blamed racism 🤔 🙄
@PhilipMFoust@angelaganote Hogshitt & Butt Smears need to go. They've ran this city so far into the ground it's not funny. Ryan never stands with victims, only makes them the victim & victims=criminals for wanting justice. Dumbass "mayor" lights the city on fire with tax money & never does anything PERIOD.