Gang Violence

Alisha Neeley's death leads to girl gang truce

The Ladiis and the Baddest squash their beef

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!)

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.

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!

Highlight: The Warriors

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.

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.

Meet Bob Fletcher: Ramsey County's most controversial cop

Ramsey County Sheriff fends off charges of cronyism

Beaches finally force parents to be responsible for their children

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

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

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.

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.

Minneapolis urban explorer drowns in Mississippi

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

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.

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.

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

Wednesday's five most fascinating stories on wood pulp.

Only in Wisconsin: Paraplegic gets 6 years for bank robbery

What's wrong with Wisconsin?

At least the Mall of America is recession proof

Gangster Rap

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

Gangs of St. Paul

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

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

The root of Minneapolis crime: Our gangs are too disorganized

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

Drugs! Gangs! Terrorist Attacks!

Try, Try Again

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

North Side Story

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

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

A City Pages Roundtable

Reckless Eyeballin'

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

Mean Streets--The Prequel

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

Off Beat

He's Sorry

Former gang prosecution snitch Johnny Edwards recants--sort of

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.

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.

Unoriginal Gangstas

Snitch Botch

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

Johnny's Last Song

Hennepin County's favorite informant faces the music

Silent Scream

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

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

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.

Ronin Ro: Have Gun Will Travel

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Little Black Book

Casualties of War

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

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

The Gubernatorial Gang

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

FAMILIES: THE FIRST GANGS

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