Holland&Holland wrote:??? Powderhorn??
I was able to track down some of the more bizarre events I recall.
Powderhorn:
Child Sexually Assaulted in Neighborhood That Refuses To Call Police - The Western Journal - July 1, 2020There used to be an understanding in civil society that vulnerable citizens, particularly children, deserve protection and care from the adults capable of doing so....
Then the leftists in America lost their collective minds and decided that police — not criminals — were dangerous, racist predators, particularly in Minneapolis, where residents in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood vowed never to call police fearing for the safety of its black residents.
They kept that promise even as a juvenile was sexually assaulted Thursday in the park where a homeless encampment of some 200 tents popped up in the community, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Although bystanders brought the juvenile to an area hospital for treatment, it was the staff at Abbott Northwestern Hospital who alerted police early Friday morning. The victim was turned over to social services....
The park, which was patrolled only by civilians, also was the site of a shooting late last month.....
Residents had previously fought vigilantly to clean up the crime in their area, but being particularly vulnerable to the narrative that police were the problem, they decided to instead police themselves — with predictable results: more drugs, more crime and a growing homeless encampment that formed in the park last month.
Minneapolis Man Regrets Calling The Cops On Two Teens Who Mugged Him At Gun Point - Daily Caller - June 24, 2020A Minneapolis citizen who is living in a neighborhood where citizens are swearing off the police expressed regret to The New York Times for calling the cops on two black teenage boys after they mugged him at gunpoint.
Mitchell Erickson called 911 after two boys cornered him outside of his home a block away from Powderhorn Park, a nearby park that has become an encampment for homeless people, the Times reported Wednesday.
One of the boys reportedly pointed a gun at Erickson and demanded he give them his car keys. He gave them his house keys instead, and they became frustrated and ran off before allegedly stealing another car.
Erickson and his other neighbors are reportedly weaning off police protection.
There are roughly 300 new homeless residents who are now calling the Powderhorn Park home, according to the Times report, which highlights the plight of other residents in Erickson’s neighborhood.
“Been thinking more about it,” Erickson wrote in a text to a Times reporter. “I regret calling the police. It was my instinct but I wish it hadn’t been. I put those boys in danger of death by calling the cops.”
“Yeah I know and yeah it was scary but the cops didn’t really have much to add after I called them,” Erickson said in response to the reporter’s question about what would have happened if he had been shot. “I haven’t been forced to think like this before. So I would have lost my car. So what? At least no one would have been killed.”
Erickson said later that he would not cooperate with prosecutors, according to paper. Despite his regrets, Erickson still feels it was the correct move to alert the authorities because there was a gun involved.
public statement from the family assaulted in the park 11/23/2010 - Minneapolis Powderhorn Neighbors Forum - Nov 28, 2010 Powderhorn Neighbors - I am posting this message for my friend so she and
her family can respond, yet retain their privacy.
*We Survived Grandly, We're Blessed with an Abundance of Support and Love*
First of all I want to tell you what a strange experience I have as I read
the postings on this forum and read the news reports of the incident that my
children and I experienced. When we get talked about in the third person it
seems like they're talking about someone else and then I get scared for
those people they are talking about and then I realize they're talking about
me! I never thought I'd ever have this experience and I sure would have
liked to have made the news for some other reason!
Second, I want to tell you that my children and I are doing quite well
considering that we had a gun held to our chests only three days ago. On
Thanksgiving, the day after the incident, my children said two things to me
that give me hope for their healing and I would like to share what they said
with you.
I was trying to reassure the kids by telling them that they were safe since
the boys who did this were in jail. My son replied, "That's too bad. They
didn't know what they were doing. Now they don't get to have the life of fun
that I have." I'm pretty amazed at his compassion and understanding....
I do want to correct one major inaccuracy in the news that I have read.
None of us were raped, to the best of my knowledge. Yes, I was sexually
assaulted but the girls did manage to fight off the boys and escape before
anything happened. I really have a huge repulsion at the labeling of us as
victims. I see us as strong and capable of taking charge of our safety.
I find it ironic to have had this experience as I currently study
nonviolence, restorative justice and the healing of childhood trauma. I got
to put my studies and my practice of mindfulness into play as the incident
unfolded. The whole time I made a conscious choice to see the boys as human
beings, not to see them as evil or bad. I focus my attention not on the
boys' actions but the pain behind their actions. I see those boys as
hurting, scared children who didn't get the kind of nurture, love and care
that they needed. I try to hold them now in compassion and hope that they
might get the support they need to reconnect to their essential goodness.
With the system of justice that we currently use, I'm hopeless that will
happen.
I want to say too that I do also hold a lot of fear in my body in response
to the trauma and I want to acknowledge that a lot of people now feel fear
as a result of what happened to us. This event was huge and it will
continue to have a huge impact on all of us in this community. I do hope
for myself though to take the awesome energy of my fear and channel it into
finding ways to support precious beings that come into this world to get all
the love, fun, and nurture that is their birthright....
I guess I might fall into despair, hopelessness and hatred sometime along my
healing journey, but I can honestly say I don't experience them right now.
My spiritual practices ground me in love and possibility....
I see that a vigil has been scheduled for Wednesday night. Please take this
as an opportunity to celebrate our riches. I would love it if people came
out to sing, dance, ski, sled, play Frisbee, etc. Let's make it a
celebration of our community and our park! At one point the boys asked for
our skis. I wish they could have taken them and used them and experienced
the pure joy of gliding in the fresh snow, getting winded from exertion and
breathing in cool, fresh air. Please send them all the love you can
muster. I think they really need it.
Good Luck