South-side of Indy is Going Down The Toilet

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When I first moved here to central Indiana a little less than 10 years ago I settled on the south-side and eventually bought a house on the far southeast side. For a while, it has seemed the safer and more pleasant option, but now it appears to be taking a hard turn down the toilet. Perhaps it is a predictable outcome of a county with a lax and ineffective criminal justice system and a helping handful of societal decay. Right now, I am having the disturbing realization that where I live has become or is becoming inherently unsafe. These are just the news stories for the south-side from this last weekend.

1 dead, 3 injured in shooting at a Beech Grove park

BEECH GROVE, Ind. — One person is dead and three others are injured following a Sunday night shooting at a park in Beech Grove. According to Beech Grove Mayor Dennis Buckley, the shooting occurred …

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Woman using walker to cross street struck and killed on Indy’s south side

INDIANAPOLIS — Indy police are investigating after a woman was struck and killed early Saturday morning on Indy’s south side while using a walker to cross the street. Officers with the Indian…

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Greenwood Park Mall shooting: What we know

GREENWOOD, Ind. — A mall in a suburb just south of Indianapolis was the site of a mass shooting Sunday afternoon that took the lives of three victims and the shooter, injuring two more. Here is all…

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Arrest made after person shot, killed on city’s southeast side

UPDATE: Indianapolis police on Monday announced the arrest of 33-year-old Najee Givens, who is accused of murdering Timothy Rucker. ORIGINAL STORY: INDIANAPOLIS — A person has been shot and killed …

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[NHT3]

We have room down here in Johnson county and would be happy to have you, come on down

 

[Pepi]

The whole country is going down the toilet. We can put a lot of the blame of our government

 

[CHCRandy]

I absolutely hate Indianapolis. After living in Hendricks County my entire life, and recently having to deal with Marion County, IMPD and the rest of them.......I have come to the conclusion that if I never enter Marion County again in my life.....it would be too soon.

I will not threadjack you with my complaints......but I can tell you this.......the last place in this world you want to die is Marion County.

 

[Keith_Indy]

The whole country is going down the toilet. We can put a lot of the blame of our government

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato

Whose "fault" is it in the end...

 

[flatlander]

Indy is a prime example of a true democracy in action.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I'll leave Marion Co, and likely Indiana, when I retire, but I'd be more concerned with riding a motorcycle on the south side then being the victim of a violent crime given my demographics and lifestyle choices.

 

[HoughMade]

I'll leave Marion Co, and likely Indiana, when I retire, but I'd be more concerned with riding a motorcycle on the south side then being the victim of a violent crime given my demographics and lifestyle choices.

The rural area south of Valpo where I reside is quite pleasant, but I did remark to my wife yesterday that maybe we should look at moving to Mormon country in Utah....as long as we can find a good Baptist church. The Mormons run a pretty tight ship.

 

[tsm]

The rural area south of Valpo where I reside is quite pleasant, but I did remark to my wife yesterday that maybe we should look at moving to Mormon country in Utah....as long as we can find a good Baptist church. The Mormons run a pretty tight ship.

Well, except for Mitt Romney.

 

[HoughMade]

Well, except for Mitt Romney.

Politics aside, I bet that he makes a good neighbor.

 

[Super Bee]

The rural area south of Valpo where I reside is quite pleasant, but I did remark to my wife yesterday that maybe we should look at moving to Mormon country in Utah....as long as we can find a good Baptist church. The Mormons run a pretty tight ship.

Cant go wrong living next to the Osmonds.

 

[Route 45]

When I first moved here to central Indiana a little less than 10 years ago I settled on the south-side and eventually bought a house on the far southeast side. For a while, it has seemed the safer and more pleasant option, but now it appears to be taking a hard turn down the toilet. Perhaps it is a predictable outcome of a county with a lax and ineffective criminal justice system and a helping handful of societal decay. Right now, I am having the disturbing realization that where I live has become or is becoming inherently unsafe. These are just the news stories for the south-side from this last weekend.

1 dead, 3 injured in shooting at a Beech Grove park

BEECH GROVE, Ind. — One person is dead and three others are injured following a Sunday night shooting at a park in Beech Grove. According to Beech Grove Mayor Dennis Buckley, the shooting occurred …

fox59.com

Woman using walker to cross street struck and killed on Indy’s south side

INDIANAPOLIS — Indy police are investigating after a woman was struck and killed early Saturday morning on Indy’s south side while using a walker to cross the street. Officers with the Indian…

fox59.com

Greenwood Park Mall shooting: What we know

GREENWOOD, Ind. — A mall in a suburb just south of Indianapolis was the site of a mass shooting Sunday afternoon that took the lives of three victims and the shooter, injuring two more. Here is all…

fox59.com

Arrest made after person shot, killed on city’s southeast side

UPDATE: Indianapolis police on Monday announced the arrest of 33-year-old Najee Givens, who is accused of murdering Timothy Rucker. ORIGINAL STORY: INDIANAPOLIS — A person has been shot and killed …

fox59.com

The shooting in Beech Grove was at a "vigil" by early accounts, so likely personal/gang violence.

The hit & run? Not seeing how that makes the south side unsafe. Traffic deaths happen everywhere, every day.

The person shot and killed at a home near Thompson and Emerson? Other reports stated that the police are conducting a "death investigation," which usually means suicide or accidental shooting. Otherwise, they'd say "homicide investigation."

The only outlier here is the mall shooting, and that's not even in Indy.

Violent crime happens, and it didn't just start in the last 10 years. And it certainly doesn't confine itself to geographical boundaries.

But I'm not worried. The south side still has a long way to go to catch up to 38th Street shenanigans.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Been a southsider all my life (right in the middle, about 5000 south) and I've been seeing a gradual decline for some time now. More homeless, different demographics, more transient motels, more dilapidated buildings, etc.. I'm still not in fear where I live, but I am more aware I guess.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

The rural area south of Valpo where I reside is quite pleasant, but I did remark to my wife yesterday that maybe we should look at moving to Mormon country in Utah....as long as we can find a good Baptist church. The Mormons run a pretty tight ship.

Utah is beautiful. Houses seemed expensive in the area we visited, though. I'd like to live in the southwest for awhile, but don't know I'd live there permanently.

 

[Twangbanger]

Politics aside, I bet that he makes a good neighbor.

Twitter feed aside, Shannon Watts probably does, too.

 

[churchmouse]

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato

Whose "fault" is it in the end...

Ours.

 

[churchmouse]

The shooting in Beech Grove was at a "vigil" by early accounts, so likely personal/gang violence.

The hit & run? Not seeing how that makes the south side unsafe. Traffic deaths happen everywhere, every day.

The person shot and killed at a home near Thompson and Emerson? Other reports stated that the police are conducting a "death investigation," which usually means suicide or accidental shooting. Otherwise, they'd say "homicide investigation."

The only outlier here is the mall shooting, and that's not even in Indy.

Violent crime happens, and it didn't just start in the last 10 years. And it certainly doesn't confine itself to geographical boundaries.

But I'm not worried. The south side still has a long way to go to catch up to 38th Street shenanigans.

Yup.
I have no idea why folks seem to think their little slice of ground is safe by any stretch. A few years ago a series of thug related insanity struck in broad daylight out in Brownsburg for crap sake. Inner city uts jacked an SUV and went on a rampage.
Zionsville has had this as well. People shot standing in their front yards by that whack job that eventually shot up the IMPD sub station NW Indy.
It bleeds out from the high crime areas.
Wake up people. No where in a large city is totally safe.

 

[thunderchicken]

Yup.
I have no idea why folks seem to think their little slice of ground is safe by any stretch. A few years ago a series of thug related insanity struck in broad daylight out in Brownsburg for crap sake. Inner city uts jacked an SUV and went on a rampage.
Zionsville has had this as well. People shot standing in their front yards by that whack job that eventually shot up the IMPD sub station NW Indy.
It bleeds out from the high crime areas.
Wake up people. No where in a large city is totally safe.

Agreed and surrounding areas of a large city.

 

[bwframe]

The grass is always greener...

Preparedness is what you make it though, anywhere you are.

Sometimes the evil shows up out here in rural paradise also.


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[DoggyDaddy]

Back in my midlife crisis days (1999 - 2004-ish), I used to frequent a "gentleman's club" - The Classy Chassy - located at SR37 and 465 on the southside. At some point it has changed it's name to Onyx and is billed as an "urban club". My Citizen app has regularly been lighting up recently for gunshots fired in and around the club and at businesses/motels in that area. Sad.