Minneapolis, MN
Community members searching for solutions on kids and crime in Minneapolis
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MINNEAPOLIS — Community groups are searching for solutions after four kids were shot inside a stolen vehicle in north Minneapolis over the weekend.
Police say the kids, two boys and two girls, were between 11 and 14 years old. One is in critical condition. The early Sunday morning shooting highlights what Minneapolis police say is a continuous cycle of kids, stolen cars and crime.
Leaders of the Agape Movement, based in south Minneapolis, are frustrated with the cycle.
“My first reaction when [we] woke up and saw the news was, ‘Oh no, not again,’” said Bridgette Stewart, the director of communications with Agape Movement. “[Those kids] are suffering life-changing consequences due to injuries by being shot.”
WCCO reached out to Minneapolis police who say they have not made any additional arrests, but this remains an active and open investigation. Police say two of the five minors in the car were arrested less than two weeks ago.
“We are failing to deter this behavior, and with that being said, we are failing these kids as well,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara.
The Agape Movement hopes they can be a small part of the change.
“For us to see the rawness, the real emotion that came from [O’Hara] when he said we are failing our children,” said Stewart. “It takes a village to stop the killings and the village is everyone.”
“We need to pour into them. It’s being me, being what I needed at a young age, so I literally go hoop with them,” said Marquise Bowie, outreach for Agape Movement.
Agape Movement hosts frequent activities for kids in Minneapolis to engage in so group leaders can start building relationships and trust.
“Everyone plays a part. These children belong to everyone, and the moment they step outside of their house, they become our children and we all have to have a vested interest in our youth,” said Stewart.
O’Hara said problems like this will continue until these kids face consequences.
On Monday, the Hennepin County attorney is taking issue with that.
“None of the children who were shot while riding in a stolen car over the weekend had been referred to our office by law enforcement for youth auto theft early intervention,” said Mary Moriarty. “We encourage MPD to collaborate with us to ensure that youth can have access to early and effective interventions.”
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Minneapolis, MN
MAC unveils new fire station at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
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The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) on Monday unveiled a new aircraft rescue and firefighting station at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
MAC said the new $42.3 million, 25,000-square-foot fire station is the first stage in consolidating public safety and operations into one facility. The next stage will be opening the Public Safety and Operations Center, for which construction began this summer. The Center will connect to the fire station.
Fire Station 2 is approximately 50% larger than the previous station it is replacing, which was built in 1965.
The new station is located at the north end of the airfield adjacent to the MSP air traffic control tower. Fire Station 1 is on the south end of the airfield.
MAC said that MSP firefighters respond to around 3,200 calls per year — including medical cases, structural and aircraft emergencies and hazardous material calls. As firefighters typically spend 121 nights per year at the airport, MAC said the new station includes individual bunk rooms, locker rooms, a larger kitchen and interactive meeting spaces.
The fire department as a whole covers MSP’s 3,400-acre campus and has mutual aid agreements with nearby communities in case of emergency.
Minneapolis, MN
No cameras allowed in Myon Burrell trial
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Hennepin County Assistant Chief Judge Mark Kappelhoff made the decision to not let cameras in Myon Burrell’s upcoming trial on gun and drugs charges. Burrell was life-sentence for the murder of an 11-year-old girl was commuted in 2020.
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Minneapolis, MN
In Minneapolis, protesters call for Harris-Walz to support arms embargo to Israel
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Chanting “Free Free Palestine” and holding signs that read “Not Another Bomb,” hundreds gathered in downtown Minneapolis’ Loring Park Sunday afternoon for a rally and march to send a strong but simple message to Vice President Kamala Harris and delegates heading to Chicago for the opening of the Democratic National Convention: Stop the war in Gaza.
“We are here for Palestine,” emcee Yasmin Hirsi said as she addressed the intergenerational crowd waving Palestinian flags, holding banners and clutching homemade signs. “Biden and Harris should not be funding this genocide … and slaughtering the Palestinian people.”
Native American dancers and drummers kicked off the rally, which was one of 89 similar gatherings held Sunday in 36 states, said Mattias Lehman, who was one of the organizers of “Not Another Bomb” Minneapolis.
Several groups joined forces at Sunday’s peaceful rally to show support for uncommitted delegates and elected officials who are in favor of an arms embargo and to call for an immediate cease fire. The conflict between Israel and the Islamic group Hamas has entered its 10th month.
More than 30,000 people have been killed since Oct. 7 when Hamas militants from Gaza launched an assault on Israel, and fighting between the two sides has continued ever since.
Protesters say the United States has supplied weapons to Israel, which it has used to attack Hamas in Gaza but has killed innocent civilians, something Nikki Racine adamantly opposes.
“We don’t want the government to fund war and genocide,” she said Sunday, holding a homemade sign that read “Free Palestine.”
Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg with Jewish Voice for Peace Twin Cities encouraged attendees to fight on and continue to express the sentiment of Americans and Democrats who want the possible Harris-Walz administration to use tax dollars to fund life-giving institutions instead of weapons of war.
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