Letter from Mayor Hudnut to Richard Blankenbaker and Joseph McAtee
This file appears in: Anti-Gay Police Violence on Indianapolis' Monument Circle in the 1980s
In this letter, Mayor Hudnut requests that his Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police undertake actions to dissuade gay citizens from socializing on Monument Circle. In attempting to preserve his urban revitalization plan, Hudnut is creating an environment that would lead to police violence on Monument Circle within the next few years.
This file appears in: Anti-Gay Police Violence on Indianapolis' Monument Circle in the 1980s
Anti-Gay Police Violence on Indianapolis' Monument Circle in the 1980s
In August 1984, Indianapolis gay news publication The Works ran a profile on David Molden, an openly gay nineteen-year-old man who experienced police harassment on Monument Circle. On his way home from work late at night on July 6, Molden was…