After graduating from Knox College in Illinois, Naja Woods started her journalism career in 2019 as a producer at ABC57 News in South Bend.
INDIANAPOLIS — Juneteenth celebrations wrapped up across Central Indiana Wednesday. It's a day to honor freedom for all and Black history, including a man who escaped slavery and made history as an Indianapolis Detective.“He was the first black detective in Indiana, not just Indianapolis,” said Patrick Pearsey, an archivist with IMPD.He made his way to Indiana and eventually joined the Indianapolis Police Department.
Thornton is credited for taking down an entire lynch mob by himself, bravery that helped him become a beat officer.“He also captured murderers, robbers, solid jewelry thefts that were high level. He sold the bank robbery of $25,000 on Meridian Street, which made him pretty famous at the time," Pearsey said.He died from Pneumonia in 1900 after a stakeout to catch a murder suspect accused of killing an Ohio police officer.
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