Meredith Hackler joined WRTV as a Multi-Media Journalist and Reporter in February of 2022.
MARION—History was made in Marion Indiana Tuesday night when residents elected the city’s first Black mayor.In 1980, then WRTV reporter Derrik Thomas interviewed James Cameron. He escaped a lynching that killed two other teen boys. A rope was placed around his neck, but he was freed when someone in the crowd yelled to let him go.Marion has since come a long way, making history for the town by electing its first Black mayor.
"We have a chance now as me being elected as the first African American mayor in Marion to turn a new leaf and start a new history to let Marion be identified for something else,” Republican Mayor-elect Ronald Morrell said. Morrell, 30, was born and raised in Marion, a community where he has chosen to raise his family. He currently serves as the executive director of the Grant County Boys and Girls Club."I asked them what their plan B is. They said if they don't make the NBA we are going to go right to the streets and sell drugs," Morrell said."In their mind that is the only option they have...
"I think he is going to make a great mayor and I am not the only white person to say that,” Marion resident Jerry Bell said. “I think everybody is going to be happy.""Racism still exists; it's not going anywhere any time soon that I can see," he said."Now it's how do we begin to break those stereotypes down."He says they are calling 2.0 because the city has tried to clean up the streets in the past. The original program started in the 1990’s.
" If we can have a city that is presentable on all fronts that will assure that we can retain the talent we do have but also attract more," Morrell said.
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