Indianapolis council declares racism a public health crisis:
"INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis city-county council unanimously passed a resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis in Marion County, following a tense few weeks of protests that have rocked the nation while coronavirus disproportionately tears through black communities.
...Last year, three out of every four criminal homicide victims in Indianapolis were black.
..."This is a first great step, but it is a beginning," Virginia Caine, director and chief medical officer of the Marion County Public Health Department, told councilors on Monday...
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