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The surge in gun crimes in Minneapolis is claiming Black victims at a vastly disproportionate rate to the city's demographics.Last year, police counted one Black shooting victim for every 150 Black residents in Minneapolis, compared to one white victim for every 3,768 white residents, according to data presented to the City Council this week. White people comprise about 60% of Minneapolis' population, versus 19% Black or African people, according to census data. Yet only 9% of shooting victims are white so far in 2022, compared to 83% Black, the data from Minneapolis police show. Two-thirds of the victims are also...

Today, a memorial was created at the Jasco Food Mart at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Woodrow Wilson Avenue where the officer shot and killed 47-year-old Connell Lindsey Thursday night. He reportedly had a knife and was threatening the manager. Councilman Kenneth Stokes, who represents the area, says he has received several complaints about employees at this store in the past saying they've threaten customers. "This location has been accused of everything from cheating patrons and having a bat. Also, they have a button and lock you in there and beat you with a baseball bat,” comments Stokes. But,...