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Indiana Forward campaign rallies for hate crimes law
Marilyn Odendahl for www.theindianalawyer.com
As they did in January 2018, supporters of hate crimes legislation rallied Tuesday in the Indiana Statehouse to again push lawmakers to add a bias-motivated crime statute to the Indiana law books.
Advocates from a broad array of groups, including business, education, nonprofits and faith-based organizations, were on-hand to applaud and cheer as legislators and community leaders called for Indiana to join the 45 other states with hate crimes law.
“For more than 100 years, our United Way has worked to make our six-county region a place to live, work and raise a family,†Ann Murtlow, president and CEO of the United Way of Central Indiana, told the crowd. “However, we cannot claim to be a great place to live, work and raise a family unless we have strong public policy that addresses bias-motivated violence in our state.â€
Democrats and Republicans in both chambers are filing hate crimes bills, and Gov. Eric Holcomb has publicly expressed support for such a law. However, Rep. Gregory Porter, D-Indianapolis, cautioned the crowd to prepare for a long fight.
Porter, who has again introduced a hate crimes bill in the House of Representatives, noted the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus has been advocating for a bias crimes bill since 1999.
“There’s an eternity from this day in January to the end of April,†Porter said, referring to the end of the 2019 General Assembly session. “We’re going to have to stay focused, we’ve got to stay strong, we have to stay together.â€
This year, the advocates have launched the Indiana Forward campaign to push for a hate crimes law. Also, they are specific that they will only support a legislation that includes the list of protected classes like sexual orientation, gender, race, ethnicity and gender identity.
House Bill 1020, authored by Rep. Anthony Cook, R-Cicero, enumerates the characteristics and expands the list to include law enforcement officers and members of the armed services.
Cook pointed out that the list in his bill is consistent with the list in the Indiana Civil Rights Act, the state’s bias crimes reporting statute, the legislation that amended Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the executive branch handbook.
Rep. Greg Steuerwald, R-Avon, has also introduced a hate crimes bill, but rather than list the protected classes, the measure has more general language.
Cook did not mention Steuerwald or his bill by name, but the Cicero legislator emphasized Indiana’s hate crimes law must list the protected classes.
“Ladies and gentlemen, it is not time to compromise the most frequently targeted victims…,†Cook told the crowd. “It is time, instead, to pass a strong bill … not a watered-down hate crime bill without explicitly protecting the most victimized.â€
To date, Porter’s, Cook’s and Steuerwald’s bills have been assigned to the House Courts and Criminal Code Committee. Led by Republican Rep. Wendy McNamara, the committee has not scheduled any hearings.
In the 2016 and 2017 legislative sessions, hate crimes bills introduced by Sen. Susan Glick, R-LaGrange, have gained the most traction. But neither bill was voted on by the full Indiana Senate, and last year, her measure did not get the support of the committee.
Glick did not attend the rally, but she did confirm to Indiana Lawyer that she will again be introducing a bias crimes bill. As with her past bills, this one will include a list of protected classes.
“I just think in my mind, it’s very important to have those lists, but in other people’s mind that may not be the fact,†Glick said, noting the Legislature will have to come to a consensus. “There’s 150 people to vote on this, so we’ll see what they all have to say.â€
USI Women’s Hoops Host Truman, Quincy
EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball returns to the Physical Activities Center for a pair of Great Lakes Valley Conference games this week. The Screaming Eagles host Truman State University Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and Quincy University Saturday at 1 p.m.
The Eagles (10-3, 3-0 GLVC), who are coming off GLVC road wins over Maryville University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis last week, are led by senior guard Alex Davidson (Salem, Indiana) and senior center Kacy Eschweiler (St. Charles, Missouri). Davidson is averaging a team-high 13.3 points and 3.9 assists per game to go along with 5.1 rebounds per contest; while Eschweiler is chipping in 12.5 points and a team-best 7.8 rebounds per outing.
Sophomore forward Imani Guy (Columbus, Indiana) is contributing 10.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per appearance, while sophomore guard Emma DeHart(Indianapolis, Indiana) and junior guard Ashley Johnson (Louisville, Kentucky) are respectively averaging 9.9 and 9.3 points per game.
Both games this week will be aired on 95.7 The Spin and the GLVC Sports Network, while live stats, audio and video can be accessed at GoUSIEagles.com.
USI Women’s Basketball Notes
• Opposite ends of scoring pendulum has USI with two more wins. USI Women’s Basketball matched a season-high in the scoring column with its 84-77 GLVC win over Maryville Thursday; then had a season-low scoring output in its 62-60 GLVC win over Missouri-St. Louis Saturday.
• Last week’s leaders. Senior guard Alex Davidson and sophomore forward Imani Guy each averaged 13.5 points per game to lead the Eagles last week, while sophomore guard Emma DeHart and junior guard Ashley Johnson chipped in 12.0 and 10.0 points per game, respectively. Johnson averaged 3.5 assists per game, while senior center Kacy Eschweiler averaged 8.0 points and a team-best 7.0 rebounds per game.
• Highs and lows. The Eagles had a season-high .534 shooting percentage in their win over Maryville and a season-low five turnovers in their win over Missouri-St. Louis. USI also had a season-high eight blocks as well as a season-low eight free throw attempts in the win over Missouri-St. Louis.
• Great distribution. USI had four players record double-figures in the scoring column and seven with at least seven points in its win over Maryville. The Eagles also had 20 assists in the win.
• DeHart nearly gets double-double. DeHart nearly posted her first-career double-double in USI’s win over Maryville. She finished with 13 points and a career-high nine rebounds.
• Rowan gives Eagles boost off the bench. Senior forward/center Mikayla Rowan came off the bench to score 10 points in the Eagles win over Missouri-St. Louis. Rowan, who averaged 8.0 points per game last week, had a big bucket to end the third period; then scored the game-winner with 32.3 seconds to play.
• GLVC Tournament Points Rating System. After two weeks of GLVC play, the GLVC Tournament Points Rating System (GTPRS) has the Eagles in a tie atop with a rating of 4.75. McKendree (4.50), Drury (4.25) and Lewis (4.00) represent the top four teams in the standings. The GTPRS will determine the participants and seeding of the GLVC Tournament in 2018-19.
• Different fourth quarter. After dominating the fourth quarter in losses to Central Missouri and Ashland, the Eagles found themselves clinging to a fourth-quarter lead against a surging Maryville squad. USI led by as many as 17 in the third quarter and 11 heading into the final 10 minutes, but had its lead trimmed to two with less than 90 seconds to play.
• Eagles home win streak stops at 28. The Eagles home winning streak ended at 28 with its 86-82 loss to No. 8 Ashland. It was USI’s second-longest home winning streak in program history. USI won 33 straight games at the PAC from 1996-98 and 23 straight home games from 2000-02.
• Spreading the wealth. The Eagles have six players averaging at least 7.0 points per game and three players averaging in double-figures. USI also has had six players lead it in scoring this season.
• 20-point efforts. Guy’s career-high 25 points in USI’s win over Michigan Tech marked a season-high for the Eagles and made her the fourth different Eagle to notch a 20-point game this season. USI has had eight different players reach double-figures in the scoring column this year and six different players reach double-figures multiple times.
• Up next. USI returns to the PAC for two straight GLVC games as it hosts Truman State Thursday and Quincy Saturday.
• About Truman State. The Bulldogs, who are receiving votes in the WBCA Top 25 poll after being ranked No. 24 a week ago, are 12-2 overall and 3-1 in the GLVC after splitting a pair of GLVC road games against nationally-ranked Lewis and Indianapolis. Truman fell to Lewis, 86-56, despite trailing by just two at halftime; then rebounded with a 73-51 win over Indianapolis. Senior guard Brooke Bailey averages a team-best 10.9 points and 3.5 assists per game, while freshman forward Maddie Re leads the team with 7.8 rebounds per contest.
• About Quincy. The Hawks, who visit Bellarmine Thursday evening, are 4-9 overall and 2-2 in the GLVC after splitting a pair of GLVC road games against Indianapolis and nationally-ranked Lewis. Quincy began the week with a 67-59 win over Indianapolis before suffering a 91-39 setback to Lewis. Sophomore guard Maddie Spagnola averages 13.6 points per game to lead the Hawks.
• Around the corner. USI travels to Kansas City, Missouri, to take on Rockhurst January 17 and Liberty, Missouri, to take on William Jewell January 19.
• Record book watch. One player is currently in USI’s record books:
–Kacy Eschweiler is tied for ninth in blocks (67), 23rd in rebounding (428) and is 40th in scoring (663).
• Magic Mark: 75 points. The Eagles are 407-76 (.843) all-time when scoring at least 75 points. USI is 280-27 (.912) since 1996-97 when reaching the 75-point plateau.
Lt. Governor Crouch: Public Schedule Jan. 9 – 11
Below is Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch’s public schedule for Jan. 9 – 11, 2019.
Wednesday, Jan. 9
What: Crouch speaks at US 31 Coalition Legislative Day Luncheon
Host: US 31 Coalition
When: Noon – 1:00 p.m., ET, with Crouch remarks at 12:20 p.m., ET
Where: Columbia Club, 10th Floor Foyer, 121 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Wednesday, Jan. 9
What: Crouch speaks at OCRA award ceremony
Host: Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs
When: 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., ET, with Crouch remarks at 1:35 p.m., ET
Where: Indiana Statehouse, North Atrium, 200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
*Media are welcome
Thursday, Jan. 10
What: Crouch attends Martin Luther King Jr., Celebration
Host: Indiana Civil Rights Commission
When: Noon – 1:30 p.m., ET
Where: Indiana Statehouse, 200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
*Media are welcome
Friday, Jan. 11
What: Crouch speaks at Hams for Hunger donation
Host: Meijer, Hormel Foods, Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana
When: Noon – 12:30 p.m., ET, with Crouch remarks at 12:15 p.m., ET
Where: Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, 3737 Waldemere Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46241
*Media are welcome
Friday, Jan. 11
What: Crouch volunteers at Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana
Host: Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority
When: 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., ET
Where: 3737 Waldemere Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46241
AG Curtis Hill joins $1.5 million settlement with retailer Neiman Marcus over 2013 data breach
Attorney General Curtis Hill announced today that the Neiman Marcus Group LLC has agreed to pay $1.5 million and implement new policies to resolve an investigation by 43 states and the District of Columbia into the 2013 breach of customer payment card data at 77 Neiman Marcus stores in the United States.
In January of 2014, Neiman Marcus disclosed that payment card data collected at certain of its retail stores had been compromised by an unknown third party. The states’ investigation determined that approximately 370,000 payment cards – 754 of which were associated with Indiana consumers – were compromised in the breach, which took place over the course of several months in 2013. At least 9,200 of the payment cards compromised in the breach were used fraudulently.
“Data breaches such as this one cause real harm to real people,†Attorney General Hill said. “We work day after day to protect the interests of Hoosier consumers against both negligent and willfully malicious activity on the part of businesses.â€
Indiana’s share of the settlement funds is $51,452.46.
In addition to the monetary settlement, Neiman Marcus has agreed to a number of injunctive provisions aimed at preventing similar breaches in the future, including:
- Complying with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requirements;
- Maintaining an appropriate system to collect and monitor its network activity, and ensuring logs are regularly reviewed and monitored;
- Maintaining working agreements with two separate, qualified Payment Card Industry forensic investigators;
- Updating all software associated with maintaining and safeguarding personal information, and creating written plans for replacement or maintenance of software that is reaching its end-of-life or end-of-support date;
- Implementing appropriate steps to review industry-accepted payment security technologies relevant to the company’s business; and
- Devaluing payment card information, using technologies like encryption and tokenization, to conceal payment card data.
Under the settlement, Neiman Marcus is also required to retain a third-party professional to conduct an information security assessment and report, and to detail any corrective actions that the company may have taken or plans to take as a result of the third-party report.
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
 Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Donald Eugene Embry: Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony)
Brandon Mark Fickling: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor)
Clinton Lee Whitehead: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)
Steven Phillip Whiteledge: Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (Level 6 Felony)
Patrick Levell Adams: Child molesting (Level 1 Felony), Child molesting (Level 1 Felony)
Stephen Denzel Layne: Residential entry (Level 6 Felony), Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of marijuana (Class A misdemeanor), Interference with the reporting of a crime (Class A misdemeanor)
Michael Deshay Jackson: Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor)
Nick Bradley Hutchison: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Unlawful possession or use of a legend drug (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Jerry Wayne Dulin: Battery against a public safety official (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Criminal trespass (Class A misdemeanor)
Chavon Jermaine Farmer: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), Reckless driving (Class C misdemeanor), Reckless driving (Class C misdemeanor), Disregarding stop sign (C Infraction)
Jerome Dewayne Height: Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony)
Ronald Anthony Dimaio: Domestic battery resulting in serious bodily injury (Level 5 Felony), Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), Disorderly conduct (Class B misdemeanor)
Vanderburgh County Drainage Board Agenda
Vanderburgh County
Drainage Board Agenda
January 8, 2019
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Previous Minutes
Election of Officers for Drainage Board for 2019
Schedule of Meeting Dates and Times for 2019
Permission to use signature stamp for approved Ditch Claims
Discussion of Urban Flooding Findings
Encroachment Agreement-Cambridge Village Phase II
Proposed Policy regarding encroachments of fences in Drainage Easements Ditch Maintenance Claims
Other Business
Public Comment
Adjournment
Jeffrey D. Mueller, PEVANDERBURGH COUNTY SURVEYORwww.VanderburghSurveyor.com
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