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Old 11-17-2009, 10:20 AM
 
Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2636° W
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I read that story about the mugger who was stabbed. You reap what you sow.

 
Old 11-17-2009, 12:44 PM
 
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There are tons of these sorts of videos on YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, etc. and the majority of the perpetrators are white kids. And despite the area around the Midtown Market being cleaned up over the past several years, it can still get sketchy. I'm a pretty big guy and can handle myself, but I wouldn't run/bike alone along the greenway in that area, especially at night.

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Old 11-17-2009, 03:12 PM
 
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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There are tons of these sorts of videos on YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, etc. and the majority of the perpetrators are white kids. And despite the area around the Midtown Market being cleaned up over the past several years, it can still get sketchy. I'm a pretty big guy and can handle myself, but I wouldn't run/bike alone along the greenway in that area, especially at night.
Whatever makes you feel safe and comfortable I guess. My wife and I have biked alone on the greenway during the day several times without hesitation. I agree that doing it at night would probably need to be done with a certain level of precaution, it isn't exactly heavily used at night like it is during the day. The fact that somebody rides past me several times a minute during the day makes me feel fairly comfortable though, if anything happened there would always be at least a few witnesses to the incident.
 
Old 11-17-2009, 03:27 PM
 
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Gotta love WCCO! Furor Over Video Showing Kids Shoving Bicyclists - wcco.com (http://wcco.com/crime/video.bicyclists.shoved.2.1318141.html - broken link)
 
Old 11-17-2009, 04:21 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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If you feel unsafe on the greenway then exit it and use surface streets. Of course this video shows that you're just as vulnerable to "pranks" on surface streets as you are on the Greenway.

If you have to ride the Greenway then ride with a buddy. If alone, see if you can wait for one or two more cyclists and ride together. Have your phone handy in case you need it.
 
Old 11-17-2009, 05:15 PM
 
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St. Paul police investigate YouTube video of apparent assaults | Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ

Good job everyone. The police say they have had 50 calls and emails since last night. Keep on calling til they arrest the idiots in the video!
 
Old 11-17-2009, 07:10 PM
 
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YouTube video of Twin Cities assaults has police investigating | StarTribune.com (http://www.startribune.com/local/70317887.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4OW3ckUiD 3aPc:_Yyc:aUUX - broken link)

Here is the Star/Trib story
 
Old 11-18-2009, 12:56 PM
 
Location: Downtown Minneapolis
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Two of them of been arrested, but not charged. I love it when criminals film themselves. And... where is that Somali advaocate that is always in the news screaming racism?? He is not on the news today. Hmm.
 
Old 11-18-2009, 01:11 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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I hope you don't go "Minnesota nice" when charges and sentencing time comes. There was a case a long while ago when the term "wilding" came about. Seemed a group of teens were doing similar and after a few mugging there were rapes.
 
Old 11-18-2009, 11:58 PM
 
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Two of them of been arrested, but not charged. I love it when criminals film themselves. And... where is that Somali advaocate that is always in the news screaming racism?? He is not on the news today. Hmm.
Exactly. Apparently Omar Jamal is the only Somali in this city with an opinion on anything. It really isn't helping out race relations any.
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