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In response to the letter Teach agency, not victimhood :Slavs, Italians, Catholics, Jews, etc., etc., etc., did not come to this country in chains, they were not classified as 3/5ths of a person, they were not treated as animals in every sense of the word.Black folks worked hard (not as heck, but most often to death) when we were in chains, and we continue to work hard, but the oppressor continues to make it difficult to just overcome it until something concrete is done about systemic racism and the oppression of people of color and Black people in particular.
Mpls Campus Safety Concerns: UMN To Install Security Kiosks, Add Several Police Officers And Full-Time Social Worker msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Jason Jennette was walking to his University of Minnesota fraternity house just before midnight last month when gunfire rang out in the Dinkytown area, sending him, his friend and other bystanders fleeing for cover.
After scrambling out of sight, Jennette realized a shot had grazed his leg. He said his friend had bullet fragments lodged in his calf. Police say the shooting erupted when a man fired at a woman in a domestic dispute, striking her and four others in the busy Minneapolis neighborhood. I was just really concerned … that somebody would shoot into a crowd of people like that in an area I tend to walk through a lot, said Jennette, a U junior studying applied economics. There was a time I walked everywhere alone … I had never even imagined being robbed or threatened or shot at.
“For decades, the Minnesota State Fair has maintained its own police department to oversee law enforcement and security during the Fair and year-round at the Fairgrounds,” State Fair general manager Jerry Hammer said. “We’ve determined that the most effective and efficient way to provide the best possible public safety is to partner with an outside agency.”
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