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Dropkick Murphys Announce Minneapolis Tribute Concert for Alex Pretti and Renée Good
Dropkick Murphys have announced a free Minneapolis acoustic concert/fundraiser playing tribute to Alex Pretti and Renée Good.
The show is set for March 6th at 1 p.m. near the site where Alex Pretti was killed by ICE agents near Eat Street, which has become a site of tribute and mourning for the Minneapolis community. Dropkick Murphys will perform an acoustic set before their full concert later that night in St. Paul, and other local artists are set to perform, as well.
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“We are so proud of how Minnesota stood up and met this moment and we are so sad for the community and for the Pretti and Good families for what they’ve gone through, so it is an honor to come down and be able to play some music for the people and let them know we stand in solidarity with them,” said Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey in a press release.
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Casey and the band have been outspoken against ICE, recently re-working an older song into the protest anthem “Citizen I.C.E.,” an inclusion on a new split EP. Casey was also seen protesting in Boston alongside labor unions shortly after the death of Pretti.
The band’s stop in Minneapolis comes near the end of its US tour, which culminates with a St. Patrick’s Day residency in Boston, with tickets available here. See our review and photo gallery of their recent show in Port Chester, New York.
See the poster for the “Abolish ICE” fundraising concert below.
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.
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.
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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