Civil War Roundtable
The Southern Indiana Civil War Roundtable will meet this Thursday, May 15th, at 7:00 p.m. at the Fraternal Order of Police lodge at 801 Court Street in downtown Evansville. The meeting with feature a presentation from Joshua Claybourn on the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW).
The SUVCW is a fraternal organization dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of heroes who fought and worked to save the Union. “As legal heir to the Grand Army of the Republic, the SUVCW provides fascinating insight into post-Civil War fraternities and their efforts up to the present day,” said Claybourn. “This presentation will cover the history of the G.A.R. and SUVCW, along with their modern efforts to preserve Civil War history.”
The Southern Indiana Civil War Roundtable is open to anyone interested in learning more about the U.S. Civil War. Meetings are held month on the third Thursday of each month at the Evansville F.O.P at 7:00 p.m.
Joshua Claybourn is a local attorney and author. He currently serves on the board of the Newburgh Plan Commission, the Vanderburgh County Historical Society, and is a national officer of the SUVCW. He is also a past President and Trustee of Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library and a past board member of the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science.
For more information please contact Thomas Murray at trmurray50@gmail.com or Joshua Claybourn at jclaybourn@gmail.com.
Justices: Cop went too far in saying man’s race prevented a fair trial
Jennifer Nelson for www.theindianlawyer.com  
The Indiana Supreme Court had strong words for police officers who intentionally mislead a suspect as to his rights to a fair trial and impartial jury because of his race: The tactic is unacceptable.
“Despite nearly two hundred years of effort by civil rights activists, legislatures, law enforcement, courts, and others, the perception remains that racial discrimination still exists within our justice system: from police treatment to jury selection to jury verdicts and sentences. And the perception is especially common within the African-American community,†Justice Steven David wrote in McLynnerd Bond, Jr. v. State of Indiana, 45S03-1309-CR-597. “It defines reality for many African Americans faced with, serving in, or incarcerated by our criminal courts, and unquestionably has roots in our nation’s tortured history of race relations. That there remains such fear or mistrust of the justice system is why all courts must remain vigilant to eradicate any last vestiges of the days in which a person’s skin color defined their access to justice.â€
McLynnerd Bond Jr. was in police custody on outstanding warrants when a Gary Police detective questioned him about a cold case murder. For three hours, Bond denied being involved with the murder. During questioning, the detective implied he wouldn’t get a fair trial because of his race. Bond later admitted committing the murder.
Both the trial court and Court of Appeals denied Bond’s motion to suppress his statement. Judge James Kirsch dissented.
“But with respect to the detective’s statement that Bond might not receive a fair trial because of his race and the likely composition of a prospective jury, our sentiment goes beyond the trial court’s ‘great concern’ and the Court of Appeals majority’s disapproval of it as being ‘inappropriate.’ This is not a police tactic that we simply do not condone’ because it is deceptive,†David wrote. “Instead, this was an intentional misrepresentation of rights ensconced in the very fabric of our nation’s justice system—the rights to a fair trial and an impartial jury, and the right not to be judged by or for the color of your skin—carried out as leverage to convince a suspect in a criminal case that his only recourse was to forego his claim of innocence and confess. And like Judge Kirsch, we condemn it.â€
“This country has waged a long and difficult campaign aimed at ensuring equal access to justice for all its citizens — a campaign whose courtroom aspect has been perhaps marked most visibly by the efforts to ban racial discrimination in jury selection after the enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment. Such a police interrogation technique as we see here flies in the face of those efforts by implying that they were all for naught,†he continued.
“The trial court below concluded that, despite its great concern, ‘there is no caselaw that the Court is aware of that holds that this type of persuasion renders the confession involuntary.’ We clearly understand the trial court’s predicament. But now there is.â€
City of Evansville Developing Plan for Removing Storm Tree Debris
Mayor Lloyd Winnecke has directed the Evansville Vanderburgh County Emergency Management Agency and the departments of Transportation & Services and Urban Forestry to develop plans for the removal of tree-debris for homeowners affected by Friday’s severe thunderstorm. Details will be announced in the coming days.
Mayor Winnecke said the plans will involve curbside pick-up of tree-debris only. Building materials such as wood, bricks and glass will not be picked-up. Leaves and tree limbs must be placed on private property near the curb, but not within the city right-of-way on public streets or sidewalks. City employees will not enter private property to remove or retrieve storm debris.
Residential customers of the Evansville Water & Sewer Utility may also put leaves, tree limbs up to 4-feet-long and 2-inchs in diameter, and other yard waste in the Trash and Yard Waste Cart only for pick-up by Republic Service during the regular weekly trash collection. Do not use the Recycling Cart for tree debris.
IS IT TRUE May 14, 2014
IS IT TRUE that the Evansville City Council postponed action on the rezoning of a proposed apartment complex on Pollack Avenue Monday last evening because neighbors stated they had no dialogue about the project with the developers?…that 2nd Ward City Councilwoman Missy Mosby asked Council take a step back and not approve this project until the developers meet with neighbors to address there concerns?…we agree with 2nd Ward Councilwoman Missy Mosby asking Council to delay the vote on this project?…this is a good example of a City Council person standing up for the concerns of her constituents?
IS IT TRUE the City of Evansville has recently adopted a social media policy that seems to absolutely trample all over the 1st Amendment right to free speech of their employees both on and off the job?…from the beginning to the end this new policy that we referred to Monday as the Chris Cooke rule is so far over the line as to require public employees to post disclaimers on personal social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, etcetera?…there are plenty of examples of municipality examples of social media policies available online from jurisdictions where social media was invented like Palo Alto, California that is the birthplace of quite a few of the social media outlets covered by Evansville’s primitive attempt to join the modern world?…for those of you who are interested the City of Evansville’s one sided, self serving, first amendment violating social media policy is on the following link?
IS IT TRUE that the City County Observer has often pointed out the Tom Barnett assertion that the City of Evansville is afflicted with some 10,000 uninhabitable dwellings that would cost well over a Billion dollars to refurbish?…after spending a Billion dollars on this collection of dilapidated homes the collective value would be less than half of the cost to refurbish them?…for this reason these homes will never ever be fixed up by investors who seek to actually make money on their investments?…if there is one thing that former DMD Director Tom Barnett was absolutely correct about it was the abysmal state of the housing stock in much of the City of Evansville?
IS IT TRUE we are doing something with this IIT that we do not often do and that is to pay a great big complement to the Evansville Courier and Press for their diligence in pointing out anecdotal case after case of dilapidated properties?…one of the things that the CCO prides ourselves in is in staying on a subject for a long time so that people have many opportunities to have get it?…we have done this with the continuing saga of the McCurdy, the downtown convention hotel, Roberts Park, the ballfields, the sewer problems, the sidewalks melting, and the potholes that rattle our teeth and mess up our alignment when we are driving?…it is about time that one of the mainstream media members took on a task that has a shelf life of more than 2 minutes?…the Courier and Press has done a diligent job of staying on this problem and for this we salute them?
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Evansville Man Arrested For Parole Violation
SPONSORED BY DEFENSE ATTORNEY IVAN ARNAEZ.
DON’T GO TO COURT ALONE. CALL IVAN ARNAEZ @ 812-424-6671.
Last night at approximately 7:30, Indiana State Police and U.S Marshals Service arrested Donald L. Durham, 27, 707 E. Delaware Street, Evansville, for a parole violation. While inside the residence, troopers observed methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and digital scales. Durham was arrested and taken to the Vanderburgh County Jail where he is currently being held without bond.
ARRESTED AND CHARGES:
• Donald Lee Durham, 27, 707 E. Delaware Street, Evansville, IN
1. Felony Warrant – Parole Violation
2. Possession of Meth, Class D Felony
3. Possession of Paraphernalia, Class A Misdemeanor
Arresting Officer: Trooper Lucas Zeien, Indiana State Police
Assisting Agency: U.S. Marshals Service
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
SPONSORED BY DEFENSE ATTORNEY IVAN ARNAEZ.
DON’T GO TO COURT ALONE. CALL IVAN ARNAEZ @ 812-424-6671.
Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, May 12, 2014
Deangelo Clardy             Domestic Battery-Class D Felony
Tamethea Mahoney      Theft-Class D Felony
Benonia Wickware Jr    Trafficking with an Inmate-Class C Felony
Dealing in Synthetic Drug or Synthetic Drug Lookalike Substance-
Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor
Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor
Nelson Hermilus            Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
Simon Kenoyer                Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement-Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor
Criminal Recklessness-Class A Misdemeanor
For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Kyle Phernetton at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at KPhernetton@vanderburghgov.org
Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law
Evansville Man Arrested For Attempted Murder
SPONSORED BY DEFENSE ATTORNEY IVAN ARNAEZ.
DON’T GO TO COURT ALONE. CALL IVAN ARNAEZ @ 812-424-6671.
Evansville Police have arrested 18 year old DARIAN DUNCAN for the May 8th shooting of 20 year old Keshaun Barnes.
Barnes was shot shot multiple times after an altercation near the intersection of Riverside and Garvin. Barnes survived the shooting and was able to identify DUNCAN as the shooter during an interview on May 12th.
About an hour after investigators determined DUNCAN was the shooting suspect, officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of N. 1st Ave for a report of shots fired. When officers arrived in the area, they saw DUNCAN running from the scene. Officers found DUNCAN hiding behind a house and a .380 handgun on the ground near-by. There were no reported injuries during the incident.
DUNCAN was taken into custody for the Attempted Murder of Keshaun Barnes. The investigation into the shots fired run on 1st Ave is on-going.
DUNCAN was the victim of a shooting on February 1st. He told investigators he was shot while walking on Weinbach near the Lloyd Expressway. DUNCAN was unccoperative with police and said he did not want them to investigate the incident. The case was suspended after DUNCAN signed a “No Prosecution” form.