Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis business owners face 'almost impossible' challenges including crime, regulations
In the early days of the George Floyd riots, while the police were overwhelmed, someone smashed a car into Thurston Jewelers on Lake Street in Minneapolis. The store was overrun by looters. The display cases were smashed. Lloyd Drilling says he was lucky that the most expensive jewelry was in the safe. Anything that could be carried out the door was stolen.
“So, that basically put us out of business for a few months, and we had to rebuild the store and fix it back up,” says Drilling.
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The jewelry store bounced back, but the customers did not.
In the town that pioneered the movement to defund the police, the homeless population is present on most city blocks. Open-air drug use is so common it doesn’t attract attention and petty crime plagues the businesses who were able to re-open.
Minneapolis residents awoke to assess the damage after rioters ignited fires and looted stores all over the city, as peaceful protests turned increasingly violent in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd during an arrest. Here, the 190-unit apartment building under construction, tentatively known as Midtown Corner (right), was burned to the ground at 26th Ave and 29th Street. (Photo by Brian Peterson/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
As a result, Drilling says, the suburban population which used to push his business from surviving to thriving does not come downtown anymore. “I think they feel like they are unsafe in the city, in this area and in the [other] areas. They’re a little scared to come down here,” says Drilling.
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Criminals make every aspect of business difficult in downtown Minneapolis. Koby Rich opened a cosmetic store. He keeps a painted rectangle of plywood on the front door of Rich Girl’s Cosmetics because vandals keep breaking the glass on his front door. He’s tired of spending money to fix it.
“It makes it tough because vandalism it causes, you know, when your windows get busted out, when you get your doors kicked in when you get your whole store tore up,” says Rich.
A protester holds a sign that says Blue Lives Murder on Friday night, May 29, 2020. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Jim Schultz with the Minnesota Private Business Council says there is a direct link to the rise in criminal activity and the leadership of Governor Tim Walz. “A lot of Democrat leaders in the state got behind really reckless policies when it comes to policing and crime,” says Schulz. “And the result was the greatest increase in violent crime in Minnesota’s history. And Tim Walz has presided over that. Minnesota’s businesses continue to feel the effects of that.”
Even without the crime, business owners and business leaders say Minnesota, with Governor Walz at the helm, has not been friendly to job creators.
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The state has the highest statutory corporate tax rate in the United States at 9.8 %. Doug Loon with the Minnesota Chamber of commerce says the Walz administration missed opportunities to grow jobs because the Governor had other priorities. “Many progressive policies passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor have limited the private sector from reaching its economic potential,” says Loon.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic nominee for president, attends a rally to kick off their campaign at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pa., on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The chamber says Minnesota now ranks 47th out of all the states in the nation for job creation and 46th for Gross Domestic Product.
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Kent Bergman opened the Campanelle restaurant in Lino Lakes, a suburb of Minneapolis. He endured the covid lockdowns. But burdened with taxes and regulations, he’s still living off his own savings, unable to take home a profit. “With all the mandates and everything coming down on us as a restaurant a small business we are in, the state’s making it almost impossible for a small business or a restaurant to make it,” says Bergman.
Powerful thunderstorms will ramp up this week across the Central states, AccuWeather meteorologists warn, as a potent storm advancing across southern Canada sparks rounds of severe weather from the Dakotas to the Ohio Valley.
The pattern will usher somewhat cooler and less humid conditions into the Plains and Great Lakes, where highs have been soaring into the upper 90s recently.
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Through Wednesday night, the area at risk for severe thunderstorms will span from far southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan into the Dakotas. The strongest thunderstorms are expected to develop later in the afternoon and will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts, large hail, flooding downpours and even a few tornadoes.
Storms Wednesday night can wane into the early morning hours on Thursday across South Dakota and portions of southern Minnesota. The threat of thunderstorms will be renewed by the afternoon from northeastern Minnesota and southward through central Kansas.
“An active stretch of weather is set to continue across the Midwest in the days leading up to the extended Labor Day weekend, with the risk for damaging thunderstorms still in the offing,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham said.
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Forecasters are highlighting a “moderate risk” of storms within this region, particularly between the population centers of Minneapolis and Des Moines, Iowa.
Similar severe weather hazards will be possible again from Thursday to Thursday night, ranging from flooding downpours and hail to damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. The AccuWeather Local StormMax™ for damaging wind gusts on Thursday is 85 mph.
As the week continues, yet another day with a risk of severe weather will develop farther east into the Great Lakes.
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From Friday afternoon to Friday night, residents from the Chicago suburbs to Indianapolis on eastward to Detroit will be face the threat of disruptive storms. Those traveling along interstates 57, 69, 70 and 75 may experience travel slowdowns or delays during the evening commute as the holiday weekend officially begins.
While the area likely to be impacted by storms on Friday is smaller than on Thursday, it includes a handful of higher population centers and metro areas. This region has already faced disruptions from storms earlier in the week, and additional impacts on Friday could double down on those still recovering.
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“Many residents are still without power across Michigan in the wake of the thunderstorm activity on Tuesday, which can pose a heightened risk as additional strong storms are expected again on Friday,” pointed out Buckingham.
Into the weekend, pockets of showers and thunderstorms may continue to impact portions of far northern Minnesota into northern Michigan. However, a zone of high pressure migrating into the northern Plains will promote mainly dry weather from the Dakotas to Illinois.
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Minneapolis, MN
War ka soo kordhay ninkii lagu eedeeyey inuu shan gabdhood oo Soomaali ah ku dilay Minneapolis – BBC News Somali
Xigashada Sawirka, Social
Heshiis qirasho ayaa miiska u saaran wiil uu dhalay wakiilkii hore ee gobolka St. Paul oo lagu eedeeyay in uu gaari soo kaxeeyay iyada oo uu shidan yahay nalka cas ee istaagga, isla markaana uu shil ka dhacay koonfurta Minneapolis xagaagii hore kaasoo shilka ku dilay shan gabdhood oo dhallinyaro ah.
Dhagaysiga Talaadadii ee maxkamada degmada Hennepin County, Kaaliyaha Xeer Ilaaliyaha Degmada Paige Starkey ayaa maxkamadda ka akhriyay dalabka Derrick John Thompson.
Starkey ayaa sheegay in dalabka qirashadu uu sii furnaan doono ilaa taariikhda maxkamadda xigta, taasoo loo asteeyay Noofambar 4.
Thompson, oo 28 jir ah kama uusan hadlin dhegaysigii Talaadadii, kaas oo socday 7 daqiiqo oo kaliya.
Dhageysiga dacwada ayaa waxaa ka soo qeyb galay xubno ka tirsan qoysaska iyo asxaabta gabdhaha dhalinyarada ah ee geeriyooday, qaarkood ayaa wajiyadooda laga dheehanayay murugo halka kuwa kalana ay ilmeynayeen.
Gabdhaha shilka ku geeriyooday ayaa kala ahaa Salma Maxamed C/qaadir oo 20 jir ahayd, Sabiriin Maxamuud Cali oo 17 ahayd, Sahra Liibaan Geesaade 20 jir, Sagal Burhaan Hersi 19, iyo Siham Adan Odawa oo Iyana 19 jir ahayd.
Thompson, oo sidoo kale wajahaya eedeymo federaal ah oo la xiriira shilka, waa wiil uu dhalay xildhibaankii hore ee Minnesota John Thompson, kaasoo matalay St. Paul’s East Side 2021.
Derrick Thompson waxa uu ku jiray xabsiga dowlada dhexe ee Sherburne ilaa Diseembar 18, markaasoo la soo taagay maxkamad federal ah. Dhageysiga xeerbeegtida kiiskaas ayaa loo muddeeyay Oktoobar 7.
Sannadkii 2020, Thompson waxaa lagu xukumay California ka dib kiis lagu helay 2018, kaas oo uu ka baxsaday askar kadib markii baabuur oo uu ku dhuftay haweeney. Waxay koomo ku jirtay dhowr toddobaad. Waxa uu ku jiray tijaabo kiis markii uu dhacayay ama uu sababayay shilka Minneapolis.
Maxaan ka naqaannaa gabdhaha shilka ku dhintay?
Xigashada Sawirka, NY Post
Xarunta Islaamka ee Dar Al Farooq ayaa gabdhahan ku sheegtay inay kala ahaayeen Sabiriina Cali, Sahra Geesacadde, Salma Cabdulqaadir, Sagal Xirsi iyo Sihaam Aadam.
Sabiriina ayaa wakhti u dhow geerideeda ka qalin jebisay Iskuulka Edina High School waxayna qorsheyneysay inay ku biirto Jaamacadda Minnesota.
Sahra, ayaa iyadana dhiganeysay Jaamacadda U of M Rochester.
Salma, ayaa dhiganeysay Kuleejka Normandale.
Sihaam, ayaa dhiganeysay Jaamacadda U of M.
Sagalna waxay dhiganeysay Kuleejka Minneapolis.
Shantan gabdhood ayaa ahaa saaxiibbo aan kala harin waxayna isu diyaarinayeen arooska saaxiibbadood oo maalintii xigtay dhici lahaa.
Cabdulqaadir Maxamed oo adeer u ah Sahra Geesacadde oo BBC la hadlay ayaa sheegay inay aad uga naxeen geerida gabdhahaha.
“Runtii arrin aad u naxdin badan ayay ahayd. Familka iyo qaraabada dhammaan ilaa iyo hadda naxdin ayaa ku jirta,” ayuu yiri.
“Sahra waxay dooneysay inay dhaqtarnimo barato, waxay ahayd ardayad dhinac badan ka dhisan, balse Ilaah baa qoray arrintan.”
“Inaad weyso qof, taasi waa musiibo. Balse inaad weyso shan qof oo da’yar isla hal waqti, waa wax aad u adag in la liqo,” ayuu yiri Khaalid.
Xigashada Sawirka, Social
Shilkan ayaa si weyn u gilgilay Soomaalida ku dhaqan gobolka Minnesota. Kumanaan qof ayaa isugu soo baxay si ay ugu baroor diiqaan haweenkan, aaskooda oo ka mid ahaa murugada ugu weyn ee ay dadweynuhu soo bandhigaan taariikhda Minnesota. Kulaylka maalintaas wuxuu ahaa mid aan loo dulqaadan karin, macno ahaan iyo muuqaal ahaanba, iyadoo 13 qof la dhigay isbitaal intii lagu guda jiray aaska ka dhacay Qabuuraha Islaamka ee Beerta Eden ee Burnsville.
Iyadoo bulshada Soomaalida Mareykanka ay la daalaa dhacayaan khasaarahan naxdinta leh, ayaa dad badan waxa ay is weydiinayaan sida darawalkan oo taariikhi ah marka ay noqoto kiis horay loogu hayay loogu ogolaaday in uu waddada dib ugu soo laabto.
Thompson waxaa lagu xukumay sideed sano oo xarig ah laakiin waxaa la sii daayay horraantii 2023 xaalad aan caddayn. Waqtigii uu dhacay shilka Minneapolis, Thompson waxa uu ku jiray tijaabo, iyo in aqoonsiga darawalnimada oo lagala noqday xukunkii California ayaa dib loo soo celiyay saddex bilood ka hor dhacdada dhimashada.
Minneapolis, MN
Victim in downtown Minneapolis hit-and-run says police haven’t contacted him about crash
MINNEAPOLIS — The victim of a violent hit-and-run crash last month is out of the hospital and says he hasn’t watched the security footage of what happened.
“It was just green light, and yeah, that’s literally all I remember,” said Carl Vargas.
Vargas was tossed through the air like a rag doll in downtown Minneapolis when another vehicle blew through a red light and T-boned him.
“Everyone who’s seen the video and come to see me and talk about it, they are just like, eyes wide, ‘You are a lucky man,’” he said.
After the crash, the video shows two people getting out of the car and into another car that had been trailing behind. They drove off.
Vargas still can’t walk. Much of his daily life is a struggle.
“My ankle was completely destroyed,” Vargas said. “I had several head injuries like a skull fracture and a ruptured eardrum.”
Adding insult to the injuries, someone on the street stole Vargas’s phone and wallet while he was lying unconscious.
“Everything was lining up: school, got the job, got the bike, got the new place and then — life isn’t meant to be perfect,” he said.
Vargas says the crash has changed his perspective on life and he’s very grateful he wasn’t hurt worse.
He’s also not too concerned about catching the people who hit him and stole his wallet.
“Why am I even worried about it or thinking about it because who knows where they are?” Vargas said. “Who knows what they are? Who knows what I would even get if they were caught?”
Still, he says Minneapolis police haven’t talked to him once, and it was his family who canvassed the area to secure the surveillance videos.
WCCO asked the Minneapolis Police Department for an update on the case Tuesday and didn’t hear back.
Vargas says he plans to get back on the bike, and his focus is his health and school, which he returned to this week.
“That’s what everybody points out, ‘The people who did this, they have stuff coming to them,’ and I’d rather just know I was doing good, I’m still doing good,” he said. “That good has to come around eventually.”
Vargas says he hopes to be walking again in mid-October.
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