Police Arrests of Anti-Israel Protesters Include School Psychologist
A psychologist for Indianapolis Public Schools was among those held when police arrested 14 masked adults who officers said were blocking traffic late last month just outside the Governor’s Residence in the state capital.
The school psychologist, Karisa Cole, and the other arrested protesters were charged with obstructing traffic April 25 at 10:30 a.m. on Meridian Street in Indianapolis.
In public statements that morning, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department warned that although peaceful protesting is constitutionally protected, blocking traffic violates Indiana law.
After brief remarks and a collective chant calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and for Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Republican, to divest from doing business with Israel, the protesters crossed into Meridian Street and blocked traffic.
IMPD continues to make announcements telling protestors who are in the street they are in violation of Indiana law and subject to arrest.
These announcements have been going on for at least fifteen minutes. https://t.co/YIbiZjS4xq pic.twitter.com/YlP9CAxWJ9
— IMPD (@IMPDnews) April 25, 2024
When police officers arrived, they asked the protesters to leave the roadway multiple times. When the protesters didn’t move, officers arrested the 14 obstructers, who began to sing as officers pulled them off the street.
IMPD now making arrests. @IMPDnews pic.twitter.com/XgKHrOX0kl
— Gina Glaros (@ginaglaros) April 25, 2024
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