Posted on 03/06/2010 5:20:49 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
A fight between apparent gang members at the end of a slain teenage girl's funeral eclipsed fervent pleas for peace Saturday from grieving and frustrated citizens of Minneapolis' embattled North Side.
"This is a baby's funeral!" community activist Al Flowers pleaded into a bullhorn as throngs of sobbing young women and shoving men poured out of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church as the fight broke out. Nearby, Alisha Neeley's casket was hustled into the back of a waiting hearse.
"Seventeen years old and she can't rest in peace?" Flowers asked. "We gotta have the police here so she can rest in peace?"
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It's not even Spring yet and Murderapolis is in full bloom.
I can’t hardly wait until there’s hi-speed rail between that city and mine! I’ll go there every weekend I can.
Not.
Interesting. I am surprised the funeral home did not hire extra security for this sort of thing.
Community activist? Why not call a thing by its real name - shakedown artist.
Hey, let’s make it a day trip!
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This is so sad.
Whatever.
Actually, the HS line is going to be between the less murderous neighbor city to the east. It’s just that hipsters hate STP’s conservative culture to the point where they want to make it seem like a Minneapolis suburb.
That’s North Minneapolis for you.
and just think...they will be able to come visit you, too.
Oh, come visit me....
;-)
The amazing thing is that some people seemed “shocked” by this behavior from the Amish....happens everyday all across America (and the world for that matter). On a side note....my neighbors are allowing their 16 year old son to go on a mission trip to Swaziland this summer. It has the third highest per capita murder rate in the world and similar rape stats....some of the mission kids will be 16-17 year old females. I looked at them with astonishment upon hearing this news.
There was a heavy LE presence for the march and the funeral....Probably why there was no gunplay.
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I thought they had that all turned around.....
Simply Obama’s core constituency doing what they do best.
The thugs are already in my little Cow Town. Two summers ago - THIRTY THREE rounds fired in a little ‘gang-related tussle’ in broad daylight, near a grade school. In a town of 6,000 souls!!
Oh, yeah. Things are just rosy all over. *Rolleyes*
Only if we leave at dawn, and are home before dark, LOL!
Actually, Al’s one of the good guys trying to reform a bad community situation.
It must be a nightmare to live there, truly a sad situation.
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