Minneapolis gang violence intensifies after police defunding: 'It's like you're playing Russian roulette'
Michael Tobin - Yesterday 5:41 PM
In North Minneapolis, at the intersection of North Lyndale and West Broadway, a crowd gathers every night. They loiter, they smoke, they drink, they deal drugs and do drugs. The open-air drug market takes on the form of a street party, until the gunfire rings out – and that happens almost every night.
Two nights we were in Minneapolis and both nights there was gunfire at the intersection. The first night, two people were shot. It is so severe, the gas station on the corner has been nicknamed by the locals: murder station. People who live close say the violence, drug use and gang activity in North Minneapolis has become intolerable.
Fearful of retaliation, Christiana would only give me her first name. "I got a son I raise out here," she says. "My child can’t play in the yard. I hear four gunshots a night on my block." Loretha King stopped our camera crew to let us know the plight of the people in her community. "The kids can't even walk up to Wendy's or Taco Bell or anywhere." She says, "Because there's so much drug trafficking, there's so much gang violence."
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