{"id":36151,"date":"2019-05-21T14:30:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T18:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36151"},"modified":"2019-05-21T14:30:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T18:30:59","slug":"what-the-news-doesnt-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36151","title":{"rendered":"What The News Doesn’t Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Johnson posted an article on Power Line Blog<\/a> today about an incident at the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n

The article quotes Alpha News:<\/p>\n

A mob of eight to 10 males wielding hammers descended upon bystanders at the East Bank Light Rail station on Friday night injuring several, according to recorded police dispatch audio<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The incident was apparently reported to 911 just before 10 p.m. on Friday according to the audio and other social media police scanner reports. A 9:48 p.m. Facebook post on 2nd Precinct Minneapolis Crime Watch page said that University of Minnesota (U of M) police were requesting assistance from Minneapolis police (MPD) and Metro Transit police for \u201ca group of 8-10 males chasing people with hammers\u201d and that some people were injured. A Facebook post<\/a> a minute later on Minneapolis Scanner page said that the three police departments were responding to \u201cmultiple [911] calls\u201d about \u201c10-12 Somali teen males armed with hammers chasing people,\u201d also with \u201cseveral injuries reported.\u201d Both Facebook pages regularly post summaries of police scanner audio.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A person who claimed<\/a> on social media to have been at the station when the incident occurred said that the group of males had \u201chammers and bars,\u201d and that they seemed to be \u201cattacking anyone who looked like they had money or were white.\u201d The witness, who said he isn\u2019t white, said he didn\u2019t want to \u201c[take] on a bunch of dudes with blunt objects,\u201d and that he \u201churried an older white lady away\u201d and they walked a few blocks to catch a bus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday there was an attempted robbery at the same location during which two U of M students were injured, according to a media report<\/a>. It\u2019s unknown whether these incidents are related.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The East Bank LRT station is part of the Green Line operated by Metro Transit and is located on the 500 block of Washington Avenue Southeast in the center of the University of Minnesota campus and across the street from the U of M police department. The stop is popular with students and people attending U of M sporting events.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We reached out to the U of M Police Department, the MPD and to Metro Transit police for comment on this incident and did not receive a response prior to publication.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Somehow the Minneapolis Star Tribune has failed to report this incident.<\/p>\n

The article at Power Line Blog further comments:<\/p>\n

According to the Pioneer Press, police stopped seven teenage boys: \u201cTwo males who were carrying metal pipes were identified through video surveillance and witness descriptions\u2026.Police issued them citations\u2026.Police cited two males for disorderly conduct and fleeing police on foot; one was also cited for giving police a fictitious name. A police report didn\u2019t specify their exact ages, but indicated that one is 12 or 13 and the other is 14 or 15.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lack of descriptive information is troubling. The juvenile status of the perpetrators protects their identities from disclosure, but if the hammer-wielding teenagers remain at large, the rest of us would like to be on guard. I would advise avoidance of the University of Minnesota\u2019s East Bank light rail station after dark.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think I would like a better description of the teenagers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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