Thursday, April 2, 2026

Tag: Elkhart Police Department

An Elkhart police officer was convicted of drunken driving — then...

Last year, Chief Ed Windbigler said he doubted the case against the officer would stick. After the officer pleaded guilty, the chief didn’t discipline him. This year, Windbigler promoted him to detective without telling an oversight board.

Police Chief suspended after video reveals officers beating handcuffed man

Elkhart Police Chief Ed Windbigler was suspended for failing to promptly notify the mayor of the assault and “understating the severity of the incident” to the Police Merit Commission, a civilian oversight board.

Police officers charged with battery after beating handcuffed man on video

Although the officers received reprimands for the incident five months ago, they were not charged until the video became public.

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Supreme Court opens door to conversion therapy in free speech ruling

In an 8-1 decision, the Court struck down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, prioritizing a therapist’s First Amendment claim over state efforts to restrict a practice rejected by major medical organizations.

The US war on Cuba’s doctors

“Cuban eye doctors in Jamaica are the only reason why my grandmother didn’t go fully blind in one eye after she got a botched surgery. The work they’ve done for rural and poor Jamaicans is immeasurable.”

Mark Carney pledges $1B in taxpayer money for a ‘carbon bomb’ project

It’s a massive subsidy to Equinor, the Norwegian oil company behind the Bay du Nord offshore oil project.

Why capitalism relies on nature and care work it does not pay for

Modern economies depend on unpriced ecosystem functions and undervalued care and reproductive labor—essential inputs that are difficult to commodify. This tension helps explain environmental degradation, social strain, and the limits of market systems.

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ grants fossil fuel exemption affecting endangered species protections in the Gulf

A rarely convened federal panel voted unanimously to allow oil and gas operations to bypass key wildlife safeguards, drawing legal challenges and warnings about the use of national security claims to weaken environmental law.