Minneapolis Spirals Downward
When Americans think of failed cities, places like Portland, Seattle, Detroit and Baltimore come to mind. But Minneapolis is, at a minimum, flirting with a similar status. The problem is out-of-control crime. Last Saturday night, six people were shot in Minneapolis, including a nine-year-old girl. Alpha News has the straight story:
A nine-year-old Minneapolis girl is in the hospital after she was struck by gunfire over the weekend, making her the second child to be shot in the city in under a month.
The girl was shot in the head while she played with friends on a trampoline around 8:30 p.m. Saturday on the 2200 block of Ilion Avenue North. According to Minneapolis police spokesperson John Elder, someone in a red, four-door Ford fired at the house where the girl was playing, KARE 11 reported.
Created: May 18, 2021 01:02 PM
The Hennepin County Attorney s Office announced two men have been charged in unrelated incidents for their respective involvement in the unrest that occurred in Minneapolis this past weekend.
According to the charges filed in Hennepin County Court, 21-year-old Robert Ford, from Minneapolis, has been charged with second- and fourth-degree assault for hitting a police officer with a stick. Meanwhile, 39-year-old Christopher Smith, who does not have a known address, was charged with fourth-degree assault for spraying multiple police officers with mace.
Ford was scheduled to make his first appearance Tuesday afternoon while Smith will make his first appearance on Wednesday afternoon.
Many scars, no answers almost a year after Uptown mass shooting May 15, 2021 5:30pm Text size Copy shortlink:
It s been almost a year, but sometimes Kenisha Collins still has to convince herself that it s safe to venture outside after dark. Large crowds are unsettling, too.
On a balmy night last June, Collins and a group of friends were standing in line outside a restaurant in Uptown Minneapolis when a gunfight erupted on the crowded street, injuring 11 people. Collins was hit twice in the knee and once in the thigh.
The incident made national headlines at a time when much of the world s gaze was focused on Minneapolis after the killing of George Floyd and the unrest that followed.