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Gang Violence

  • News

    May 12, 2010

    Alisha Neeley's death leads to girl gang truce

    The Ladiis and the Baddest squash their beef

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    State senate bill would ban data on Minnesota gangs; Metro Gang Strike Force blowback

    Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher is none too happy about the proposal. (Surprise!)

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Dad beats child over gang colors and is sentenced to time served

    He has admitted he was in a fury brought on by a craving for drugs.

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Victims of Metro Gang Strike Force pillaging eligible to join lawsuit

    Looking to recover personal belongings that were looted by a ragtag band of corrupt cops? There's an ap for that!

  • Movies

    September 2, 2009

    Highlight: The Warriors

    Looking to recover personal belongings that were looted by a ragtag band of corrupt cops? There's an ap for that!

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Dad beats 4-year-old son for wearing rival gang color, police say

    We're convinced this 4-year-old kid wore the colors of his father's rival gang on purpose to really push his buttons. Boy are those little ones clever these days.

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Report: rampant corruption within Metro Gang Strike Force

    The Department of Public Safety today released its report into the infamous Metro Gang Strike Force... and it ain't pretty.

  • News

    July 8, 2009

    Meet Bob Fletcher: Ramsey County's most controversial cop

    Ramsey County Sheriff fends off charges of cronyism

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Beaches finally force parents to be responsible for their children

    Wednesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • News

    May 13, 2009

    Bad mommies from Willmar and MOA moving seats

    One of them will throw you from a moving car and the other will just feel like it

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Seven charged in St. Paul murder

    Seven people have been charged in the street fight that left 20-year-old Tai Yang dead outside the Moonlight Magic bar in St. Paul on Sunday.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Gangs move to suburbs; where will scared people go?

    Think gangs won't invade your perfect outer ring suburb because they're too busy causing problems in the scary urban hellholes of the state? Wrong. Your ideal shelter from that out-of-control mayhem in the cities will soon come crumbling apart too.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Minneapolis urban explorer drowns in Mississippi

    Monday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    St. Paul wants to ban gang members from Cinco de Mayo fun

    The city is trying to ban gang members from hanging out during the Cinco de Mayo festival by creating a "safety zone" they can't enter. They caused some trouble last year, so no one wants them there any way.

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Bad idea: Threatening to shoot IRS reps

    Taxes can enrage anyone, but that doesn't mean you need to threaten to commit drive-by shootings against tax collectors. It's just probably a really bad idea.

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Kid pricked student's fingers for science experiment, freaks out parents

    Wednesday's five most fascinating stories on wood pulp.

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Only in Wisconsin: Paraplegic gets 6 years for bank robbery

    What's wrong with Wisconsin?

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    At least the Mall of America is recession proof

    What's wrong with Wisconsin?

  • News

    February 14, 2007

    Gangster Rap

    A word from Dubb J, struggling hip-hop upstart, self-proclaimed non-gang member

  • News

    January 24, 2007

    Gangs of St. Paul

    In the capital city, a generation of younger, harder, more randomly violent gangsters wage war on themselves

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    Grudge Match

    Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher and former St. Paul Police Chief Bill Finney both have long and proud histories in St. Paul policing circles—and reputations for political heavy-handedness. Observers say they're alike in many ways. Is that why the

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2006

    The root of Minneapolis crime: Our gangs are too disorganized

    Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher and former St. Paul Police Chief Bill Finney both have long and proud histories in St. Paul policing circles—and reputations for political heavy-handedness. Observers say they're alike in many ways. Is that why the

  • News

    July 26, 2006

    Little Earth: The Troubles

    Another accusation of police misconduct reopens the old rift between cops and residents at south Minneapolis's Little Earth housing complex

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2005

    Drugs! Gangs! Terrorist Attacks!

    Another accusation of police misconduct reopens the old rift between cops and residents at south Minneapolis's Little Earth housing complex

  • News

    October 13, 2004

    Try, Try Again

    The courts are determined to make a 10-year-old murder charge stick

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    North Side Story

    This year the murder rate has doubled in north Minneapolis. What's changed? Nothing, really. That's the trouble.

  • News

    August 20, 2003

    Jordan One Year Later: What's Different, What's the Same

    A City Pages Roundtable

  • News

    December 25, 2002

    Reckless Eyeballin'

    Longtime civil rights activist and agitator Ron Edwards talks about the city he loves and hates

  • Movies

    December 18, 2002

    Mean Streets--The Prequel

    Martin Scorsese looks back at the big apple's rotten core in 'Gangs of New York'

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    Off Beat

    Martin Scorsese looks back at the big apple's rotten core in 'Gangs of New York'

  • News

    December 4, 2002

    He's Sorry

    Former gang prosecution snitch Johnny Edwards recants--sort of

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    So you want to be a public servant?

    You too could be mayor of St. Paul! Just answer a dozen of the most preposterous, frivolous, and insultingly direct questions you could ever hope to encounter in your whole squirming political life.

  • News

    November 10, 1999

    Where Others Fear To Tread

    V.J. Smith traded his gun for a Bible a decade ago. Now he runs the night watch on Central's troubled streets. The payoff? Amazing grace and a good night's sleep.

  • Feature

    October 20, 1999

    Unoriginal Gangstas

    V.J. Smith traded his gun for a Bible a decade ago. Now he runs the night watch on Central's troubled streets. The payoff? Amazing grace and a good night's sleep.

  • Books

    September 22, 1999

    Snitch Botch

    When police informant Johnny Edwards sang, men went to prison. Now his tune is coming back to haunt the courts.

  • Books

    May 26, 1999

    Johnny's Last Song

    Hennepin County's favorite informant faces the music

  • News

    August 12, 1998

    Silent Scream

    A series of teen rapes shocks local Hmong parents into confronting a new culture: their children.

  • Books

    June 3, 1998

    ACOP by Any Other Name

    Community advocates say being young, Asian, and male is enough to get you in trouble with the St. Paul police

  • News

    April 15, 1998

    From 2-1 to Zero

    They Made their kids paint over the graffiti and throw out the gang clothes, and they thought they'd seen thelast of the 2-1 Click. Then one of their sons turned up dead in a richfield parking lot.

  • Books

    March 4, 1998

    Ronin Ro: Have Gun Will Travel

    They Made their kids paint over the graffiti and throw out the gang clothes, and they thought they'd seen thelast of the 2-1 Click. Then one of their sons turned up dead in a richfield parking lot.

  • News

    February 18, 1998

    Stool Pigeon

    Sure, he's got an unfortunate knack for running afoul of the law. But that's nothing compared to his talent for getting himself set free.

  • News

    December 10, 1997

    Gang Bang

    A growing list of "gang-related" exemptions to due process is evidence of courts' willingness to buy into anti-gang hysteria, says attorney Keith Ellison.

  • News

    August 13, 1997

    Mayoral Tag Team

    Sharon Sayles Belton's office is vowing to increase its commitment to an anti-graffiti campaign that's popular with business owners. Must be election season in Minneapolis.

  • News

    July 23, 1997

    The 2-1 Click: A Southwest Side Story

    The 2-1 Click started as a kind of informal club, a high school clique with initiations that resemble freshman hazings. But now stories about the "white gang" have appeared in the community press, and ABC's Primetime Live has even filmed a segment in the

  • News

    April 23, 1997

    State's Evidence

    A police informant with a mile-long rap sheet proves unreliable in at least the third--but possibly not the last--of the so-called "Bloods" cases.

  • News

    March 19, 1997

    Little Black Book

    A police informant with a mile-long rap sheet proves unreliable in at least the third--but possibly not the last--of the so-called "Bloods" cases.

  • Feature

    February 26, 1997

    Casualties of War

    The feds are reportedly weighing a major drug offensive in Minneapolis.

  • News

    January 22, 1997

    Get Out of Jail Free

    In drug- or gang-related cases, one of the favorite weapons of prosecutors is confidential informants like Johnny Edwards. Trouble is, a lot of them will say anything to get themselves out of the hot seat--and continue committing crimes while they're turn

  • News

    January 8, 1997

    The Gubernatorial Gang

    Minnesota pols never stand so tall as when they loom over black youths.

  • News

    November 20, 1996

    FAMILIES: THE FIRST GANGS

    There it is in the headlines again. Another dead baby. Another dead mommy.

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