Troubled south Minneapolis block renews
calls for help from police, City Hall
Star Tribune [Minneapolis, MN],
by
Libor Jany
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
7/13/2020 2:41:49 PM
Until recently, Iglan Ahmed hadn’t seriously considered moving from the 2900 block of S. 18th Avenue. But when a 12-year-old boy shoved a handgun in her face during a robbery attempt outside of her south Minneapolis home, the mother of eight decided that she’d had enough. “I’m scared for my life,” Ahmed said of the troubled block just north of Lake Street, which she says had turned into a haven for drug dealing and prostitution.(Snip) Like the surrounding East Phillips neighborhood—which is 84% people of color—the block is home to many working-class families from Latin America and East Africa.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Ribicon 7/13/2020 2:44:52 PM (No. 477036)
Also, look at what foolish WHITE people have done in honor of Saint Floyd; historic monuments torn down, city blocks set aflame, people fired from their jobs, professional sports teams renamed... and meanwhile, the brothas in The Community refuse to stop committing their crimes and shooting people, which naturally is the fault of the universally despised "wipipo."
14 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Luandir 7/13/2020 2:47:58 PM (No. 477038)
Send in the Social Workers!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 7/13/2020 2:52:59 PM (No. 477040)
If she can just wait until the police are replaced by Social Workers, all will be well.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 7/13/2020 2:54:59 PM (No. 477041)
Are we supposed to feel sorry for these people? Andthey continue to support Black Lies Matter !We didn't vote in Cano and the rest of the city counsel or Fruit Fly Frey.. You get what you vote for, so tough toenails. You know, the description of these neighborhoods sounds like some African shiphole country like Somalia and others on that continent.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DoneinCalif 7/13/2020 2:55:52 PM (No. 477042)
Use your second amendment rights. The next time some "kid' sticks a gun in your face blow his effing brains out. You'll be justified!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
mean Gene 7/13/2020 3:25:02 PM (No. 477059)
Ms Mother-Of-Eight Ahmed doesn't want infidel police.
She wants Islam's Muttawa, what we wrongly call "morality police."
Muttawa can lock the doors on an all-girl's school so they can't come out without headcovers even in a blazing fire.
Muttawa can use 10-foot long canes on women who show too much wrist, ankle or any hair at all.
Muttawa can beat lesbians and rape/re-educate them.
Muttaw can do much worse to male homosexuals, thieves or rape VICTIMS.
This is what they really want.
Ask them.
Do a poll.
Come on Star Tribune, you know how to run a poll, don't you?
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guess who her congress critter is. hint, she comes from somalia.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Northcross 7/13/2020 3:44:54 PM (No. 477074)
This did not seem to be a problem when the neighborhood was mostly Scandinavian. We can thank the multiculturalalists for the current situation.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
federale 7/13/2020 3:48:18 PM (No. 477077)
Somalis have the right to go back to their cesspool country and take their 8 jihadis with them.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
mc squared 7/13/2020 3:54:11 PM (No. 477085)
For whom did Ahmed vote. Citizenship may be damned.
10 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Skinnydip 7/13/2020 3:57:47 PM (No. 477089)
Mother of 8?! Good luck to those kids.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
PESSIMIST 7/13/2020 4:08:20 PM (No. 477105)
Hard to muster sympathy for people who don't control their children, badmouth the police and then demand more police help. (I love how they despise the cops for busting people who urinate in public -- actually, very effective "broken windows" policing" -- and then speak poignantly of the stench of urine on their street.)
I feel for this woman with 8 kids, I suppose. (Is there a "dad"?) But she should make common cause with middle-class minded people outside her blighted neighborhood and vote to turn out liberal politicians (like her City Councilman) who coddle and rationalize crime. I kinda doubt she does. If I'm wrong, she'll have my sympathy. If not, she can go elsewhere with your palm turned upward. I have my own kids to worry about.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
hershey 7/13/2020 4:16:33 PM (No. 477114)
If she wants to move I'm sure East Africa would welcome her back...
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
AltaD 7/13/2020 4:28:09 PM (No. 477126)
FTA: “Cops don’t help, nobody helps — we don’t know where to go.”
Hmm, where could these immigrants go?
12 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
DVC 7/13/2020 4:28:53 PM (No. 477127)
So, send in social workers......that's the 'modern' answer, right?
5 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 7/13/2020 5:18:01 PM (No. 477164)
I think Mary Richards of Mary Tyler Moore could have easily navigated this area! Liberalism has devastated it!
7 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Periwinkel 7/13/2020 6:13:50 PM (No. 477222)
Hey, guys, why don't you pass the hat in Rochester, Minnesota? It's not far away from Minneapolis. Lots of rich, liberal doctors at the Mayo Clinic. I'm sure they'd want to help you. They vote for all this crap.
9 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 7/13/2020 6:16:46 PM (No. 477227)
Iglan Ahmed
another 5th generation Norwegian..
yew betcha..
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 7/13/2020 6:26:53 PM (No. 477249)
The Philips neighborhood has been ''in transition'' for decades. Lots of run-down houses on narrow lots. Once in a while the city dumps money into a new 'community center' to show they care. But that doesn't change the character of the neighborhood.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
JimBob 7/13/2020 6:34:28 PM (No. 477261)
Sounds like Urban Thug Culture on full display.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
bogeegolf 7/13/2020 7:40:40 PM (No. 477363)
Couldn’t get past “the mother of eight”. As a Minnesotan this makes me sick. No more Somalis.
5 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/13/2020 11:09:16 PM (No. 477539)
I would reconsider that move. Without federal funds your block isn't going to get better anytime soon. Why should US Taxpayers pay to rebuild a city due to the stupidity of a democrat mayor when he will only stand by and watch it burn again?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
DVC 7/14/2020 12:06:26 AM (No. 477563)
#14, perhaps we can start a 'go fund me' page to send them to Mogadishu.
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#6 Has the right picture. She should move out of the enclave and vote for better representation.
In years past, we read about refugees moving into McMansions in England because single mothers had a lot of kids. She is whining to get better free housing. Does she have a job? Father for those 8 kids?
Numbers don't lie. Neither does birthrate. We are outnumbered.
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Prostitution, gangs, and drugs are prevalent in this People of Color paradise. They say the police do nothing, but when the police come, it's a problem, and so they want the police disbanded but also for the police to be there when The Community feels like they should be there. Some people cannot be satisfied.