Black community leaders rally at Statehouse
Black community leaders on Tuesday rallied at the Statehouse amid fears that lawmakers are focusing on legislation that could hurt, instead of help, Black Hoosiers.
They said the deliberately small — due to COVID-19 — protest at the Statehouse is part of an effort to push back against the "attempted silencing" of Black lawmakers and share Black community leaders' concerns that lawmakers are not addressing the root causes of issues facing Black Hoosiers, from public transportation to food insecurity.
Two weeks ago Republican lawmakers booed Black lawmakers who described the ideas in a bill as racist and discriminatory, causing a community backlash.
At the rally, organizers spoke briefly and then held a silent protest. Signs for about a dozen bills they deemed problematic were dispayed in the background.
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