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Article: Indianapolis Club's Policy on Hip-Hop Music Is Called Racist.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- March 24, 2003
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The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 24--A nightclub's break from an unofficial limit on hip-hop has set off a debate about race and crime in Broad Ripple, Indianapolis' best-known entertainment district.
Operators of J.Y.'s, a popular club known until recently as Eden, have angered some neighborhood leaders and fellow club proprietors by violating an informal agreement discouraging hip-hop parties on weekends, said Indianapolis Police Department Deputy Chief William Reardon.
Reardon, who oversees police operations in an area that includes Broad Ripple, meets quarterly with bar owners. He said the proprietors ...