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Southeast Minneapolis condo residents sound alarm over armed teens gathering in streets
WCCO ^ | August 12, 2026 | Reg Chapman

Posted on 08/12/2026 5:32:11 PM PDT by artichokegrower

Condo owners in a section of southeast Minneapolis say they are being held hostage by groups of teens with guns.

They say the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Second Street turns into a war zone when darkness falls Thursday through Sunday nights

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Council Member Mike Rainville says he is aware of what is happening and is working with officials to see how to stop it. He plans to meet with Somali violence interrupters to see how they can help.


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Somali violence interrupters? I’ve got a .40 caliber one

1 posted on 08/12/2026 5:32:11 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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Call the dems who brought all these illegals into the USA for their vote.


2 posted on 08/12/2026 5:33:32 PM PDT by chopperk (,)
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To: artichokegrower

Open a night gym so they can lear to play basketball.


3 posted on 08/12/2026 5:35:28 PM PDT by Kudsman (4728)
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Is there a pun there about when it turns dark?


4 posted on 08/12/2026 5:36:59 PM PDT by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now! )
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To: artichokegrower

A good councilor will take care of this.


5 posted on 08/12/2026 5:37:18 PM PDT by jimpick
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https://www.somalispot.com/threads/mpls-aa-%E2%80%9Cviolence-interrupters%E2%80%9D-steal-6-5million.195108/


Minnesota is suing the founder of Minneapolis violence interrupter group We Push for Peace, accusing him of “running the nonprofit into the ground” for his own benefit.

We Push for Peace founder, president and CEO Trahern Pollard and former board chair and treasurer Jaclyn McGuigan, the defendants in the lawsuit, allegedly misused $6.5 million in nonprofit assets by diverting funds to their personal bank accounts and to Pollard’s for-profit businesses.

“We Push for Peace’s former leaders betrayed their basic duties to the nonprofit and communities they were supposed to serve,” Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement. “Instead of helping the community, they helped themselves to millions of dollars that should have gone into the community.”


6 posted on 08/12/2026 5:38:35 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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To: artichokegrower

Teens? LOL. Gangs.


7 posted on 08/12/2026 5:46:02 PM PDT by yldstrk
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....turns into a war zone when darkness falls Thursday through Sunday nights...

What is the wrong with Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday? Why not kill each other on those days too?

8 posted on 08/12/2026 5:47:54 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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The citizens of Northfield, Minnesota formed a violence interrupter group when the James-Younger Gang rode into town


9 posted on 08/12/2026 5:49:00 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: Kudsman

Open a night gym so they can lear to play basketball.
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LOL


10 posted on 08/12/2026 6:04:59 PM PDT by yldstrk
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Saturday Night's alright for fightin',

Get a little action in...

11 posted on 08/12/2026 6:12:44 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Talarico is Italian for "heretic".)
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Is that the Dinky Town area, straight across the Mississippi River, from the University of Minnesota?

It was 100% white college students in the early 1990s.

Now the Somalis live there?

Incredible!

12 posted on 08/12/2026 6:14:40 PM PDT by zeestephen (2024 Trump Landslide - Kamala Harris Lost By 230,000 Votes In WI, MI, and PA.)
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Imported low IQ tribal thugs reverting to their low IQ tribal thug ways. Go figure. They did such a great job in Somalia.


13 posted on 08/12/2026 6:28:28 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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Or.... you could arm yourselves and deal with the situation.

Travel in groups for a while until order is restored.

14 posted on 08/12/2026 6:35:43 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I just want FReepers to READ THE ARTICLE. And then think 30 secs before pounding keyboard.)
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https://www.violenceinterrupters.org/

Violence Interrupters will focus on interrupting violence in select cities throughout the United States by establishing short and long term goals that will reduce the number of violent crimes such as; killings, shootings and robberies that are instigated by gang activity and gang retaliations. This initiative is geared towards reducing violence in the target area by 25% and engaging high risk individuals in focus group sessions during the year from middle & high school age.

Mission/Purpose of Violence Interrupters

Violence Interrupters will educate the community through public forums and meeting, mobilizing community organizations, schools and churches to participate in Violence Prevention events.

Stopping violence on the front end is primary goal of the Violence Interrupters and working non-traditional hours really helps the Violence Interrupters keep their finger on the pulse of what is going on in the targeted areas.

There will be times when no conflicts are erupting in the target area and the Violence Interrupters will continue to spend quality time with the high risk youth, cliques, and groups to establish trusting relationships.

The Violence Interrupters will always seek to meet with victims of violence to prevent acts of retaliation. It is a critical time for the Violence Interrupters to defuse a potential homicide or shooting from the victim themselves and help them to review their life decisions and connect them with resourceful outlets that will not result in further violence.

Violence Interrupters can and will make a difference with the support of the entire community, by staying pro- active and not ignoring the violence and shootings that occur in the community at large. Violence is real and it’s a real problem that can be solved.


15 posted on 08/12/2026 6:42:24 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s. )
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That they actually have a group of people who specialize in “Somali Violence Interruption” should tell us all we need to know.


16 posted on 08/12/2026 6:44:38 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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"...Violence Interrupters will educate the community through public forums and meeting, mobilizing community organizations, schools and churches to participate in Violence Prevention events..."


...and a strongly worded letter from Hans Brix...

17 posted on 08/12/2026 6:48:26 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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I’m so glad my youngest daughter moved from the Loring Park area to Maple Grove last yr. She was too close to the action IMO.


18 posted on 08/12/2026 7:04:28 PM PDT by Prince of Space (I cannot hate the media enough!)
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A good councilor will take care of this.

Councilor or counselor?

The definitions differ.

19 posted on 08/12/2026 7:24:06 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless aDonald Trump ppl ppl)
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WHERE are the POLICE????
Did the islamocommie party lay them all off or did they FLEE?


20 posted on 08/12/2026 7:29:05 PM PDT by doc maverick
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