Lugar Plaza is now a park. That means it’s easier to make arrests

Indianapolis police have started arresting people at Lugar Plaza, which has stricter rules now that it’s been designated as a city park.

For some people, their arrest started because they were smoking. That’s against park rules in Indianapolis. You also can’t have alcohol or use “threatening or abusive language,” among other rules.

Officers discovered one man with a warrant for drug possession after initially stopping him because he was smoking a cigarette. He was one of six people arrested within a 24-hour period, according to a Facebook post from Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department…

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