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Residents press council for action on rising shootings and plea-deal concerns
Summary
Several residents urged the council to address a recent rise in shootings and plea-deal practices that they say keep suspects on the street; speakers called for resolutions urging higher bonds and stiffer judicial responses.
Multiple residents used the public-comment period at the Sept. 16 Michigan City Common Council meeting to urge action on a reported rise in shootings across the city and to criticize prosecutors’ plea deals and bond decisions.
Tom Donning, a resident, cited recent shootings and asked why the council had not addressed the violence at prior meetings. “Where’s the resolution calling on the county prosecutor…
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