Minneapolis, MN
Conservative journalist accuses legacy media of covering up Minneapolis ‘riot’
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Independent journalist Nick Sortor criticized the legacy media on Monday, alleging chaotic “riot” conditions in Minneapolis have largely gone unreported.
“It’s been a riot since day one… they’ve been trying to cover it up,” Sortor told “Jesse Watters Primetime” guest host Charlie Hurt.
“The legacy media, in particular, they don’t want to show what’s actually going on out here. I have to do this live shot from several blocks away,” he added, pointing to police lights in the distance.
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A firework explodes near fencing outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building during protests Monday, Jan. 12, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
“But I can’t go over there anymore because I will be attacked, even with police lights over there. That is not a protest.”
Sortor shared a harrowing experience on social media earlier this month when anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitators swarmed his vehicle, shouting at him and yelling expletives.
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Video shot by Nick Sortor shows a group of anti-ICE protesters who swarmed his car in Minnesota on Jan. 11. (X/@nicksortor)
He said the agitators hurled frozen water bottles in his direction, smashed his windows and vandalized the vehicle with spray paint.
Sortor said his camera was also stolen and claimed that, despite the crime, he was forced to leave the area instead of the perpetrator.
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“It’s crazy to me that this is the point that we’re at. We are on our own out here, and we have to take our cities back. We cannot allow no-go zones to be set up in otherwise beautiful states like this.”
Tensions have brewed in Minneapolis since the ICE-involved death of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good after she appeared to accelerate her car in an agent’s direction earlier this month.
Fox News’ Ashley Carnahan contributed to this report.
Minneapolis, MN
Motorcyclist seriously injured in north Minneapolis hit-and-run
Minneapolis police are investigating a hit-and-run that left a man seriously injured Tuesday afternoon.
The crash happened near Oliver Avenue North and Lowry Avenue North just before 2 p.m., according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
Investigators say an SUV struck another vehicle, which then collided with a motorcyclist. The driver of the SUV then fled the scene.
The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries. Police say the driver of the other vehicle was not injured.
No arrests have been made as of Tuesday night.
Minneapolis, MN
Medicaid fraudster still owes $1.7M in restitution
A recent FOX 9 investigation found that Medicaid fraudsters owe millions but pay back little with several other defendants discharged from probation after making either minimal or no payments towards their court-imposed debts.
Minneapolis, MN
Person found fatally shot inside car in Mill Ruins Park in Minneapolis, police say
A homicide investigation is underway after a person was found shot to death inside a car parked along the Mississippi River, the Minneapolis Park Police Department said.
Around 6:40 a.m. Sunday, officers from Minneapolis Park police and the city’s police department responded to a report of a body in a car at Mill Ruins Park. They found an adult with a fatal gunshot wound at the scene, as well as a firearm.
The Minneapolis Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating.
Police said the Hennepin County medical examiner will determine the manner and cause of death, as well as the person’s identity.
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