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Indiana Black Expo may opt to hold boycott
Indianapolis Star ^ | August 5th, 2002 | By Kevin O'Neal, kevin.oneal@indystar.com

Posted on 08/10/2002 10:58:58 AM PDT by UncleSam

Edited on 05/07/2004 6:26:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Frustration over police treatment of people who attended Indiana Black Expo led to talk at a Sunday afternoon meeting of some sort of economic action against Downtown businesses.

"Hit them where it hurts," said Cynthia Ransom, one of the 40 people at the meeting. "When you start hitting them in their pockets, you get their attention." There was no consensus on what to do, but the word "boycott" was mentioned often.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: blackexpo; boycott; indiana
The Indianapolis Community just doesn't appreciate and understand just who they are dealing with here! There will be hell too pay until this city makes proper amends to this special group and it's very special leaders.

"The meeting was called by women unhappy with the number of traffic tickets issued."

Is this the basis for the boycott? Do they really think the downtown merchants give a damn. The Black Expo's participants have been forced on the City for the past thirty years. Groups this unhappy should find another city more compliant to their special needs.

 

1 posted on 08/10/2002 10:58:58 AM PDT by UncleSam
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The protest group will probably get their way. Face it, Indy is turning into Atlanta North. Political power is increasingly in the hands of blacks, it may be decades before the GOP gets another mayor.

Why do you think the doughnut counties around Naptown are expanding exponentially while Indianapolis population figures remain static?

2 posted on 08/10/2002 11:14:51 AM PDT by curmudgeonII
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