[Mpls] disturbance coverage inthe Pioneer Press this weekend

[Borger, Judith Yates]

'I was trying to help someone,' says rescuer Among the cascade of bottles, rocks and bricks that fell in Minneapolis' Jordan neighborhood, two men shepherded people caught up in the melee to safety. ( BY MARA H. GOTTFRIED and PHILLIP PI�A, Pioneer Press, 08/24/2002 03:01 AM CDT)   Minneapolis calls for calm Minneapolis officials urged calm on Friday and planned heightened security in North Minneapolis in the aftermath of a melee that erupted after an 11-year-old boy was accidentally wounded by a police bullet the night before. ( BY AMY MAYRON, JUDITH YATES BORGER, PHILLIP PI�A and DAVID HAWLEY, Pioneer Press, 08/24/2002 03:01 AM CDT)

Journalists suddenly embroiled in the story
When anger bubbled over in Minneapolis' Jordan neighborhood Thursday night, some journalists became part of the news. In the hours after the police shooting, at least six people were injured, including journalists. It's an uncomfortable position for journalists, whose training is to cover a story without becoming involved.
( BY AMY BECKER, Pioneer Press, 08/24/2002 03:01 AM CDT)

 

In neighborhood, emotions are mixed
Angry. Scared. Emboldened to fight harder against drug dealing. The mood in Minneapolis' Jordan neighborhood Friday was a simmering stew of emotions.
( BY JUDITH YATES BORGER, Pioneer Press, 08/24/2002 03:01 AM CDT)

Roots of tension go deep Minneapolis is wound tight after three back-to-back police shootings involving black people this month. And police and community leaders fear a snap from any faction at any moment. ( BY AMY MAYRON, Pioneer Press, 08/25/2002 03:01 AM CDT) 'Minister of peace' calls in Minneapolis neighborhood The Rev. Shane Price was the last minister to leave the Sunday-morning prayer service in North Minneapolis, and he was among the first people to whom city leaders turned Thursday night when violence erupted in the same neighborhood. ( BY LISA DONOVAN, Pioneer Press, 08/26/2002 03:01 AM CDT)

 

 

Judith Yates Borger

Staff Reporter

Minneapolis Bureau

St. Paul Pioneer Press

612 338-8198

Cell: 651 503-0162

 

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