Forwarded on behalf of list member Judith Borger... My name is Judy Borger and I'm a reporter with the Pioneer Press. I arrived at 26th and Knox about 9:40 p.m. on Aug. 29. I had hoped to talk with the people on the street and get their side of what had happened when Julius Powell was hurt.
Unfortunately, two Star Tribune reports had been beaten before I got there, and four Pioneer Press staffers had been chased into a car that was surrounded by an angry mob, rocked and pelted with bricks and glass. One member of the mob was on the hood of the reporter's car, with his face pressed to her windshield shouting, "I'm going to get you." She punched the gas and got out of there to take our photographer to North Memorial, where his head was stitched up from the brick the crowd threw at him. Because of all this, I did not approach anyone in the clusters of people standing around that night. Rather, I stayed in the parking lot of the convenience store across the street, watching. I was outside the store for about 45 minutes, where I could watch better for any further developments. I moved into the store after I heard gunshots. I didn't want to get caught in a crossfire. The police eventually rescued me and a beaten Star Tribune reporter from the convenience store. I had to leave my personal car in the parking lot of the convenience store and about 1:00 Friday morning it was firebombed. Besides losing my car, I lost my purse and all bits of things I need to run my life. Ms. Howell's piece takes the papers to task for not getting the street's side of the events that night. I submit that the Twin Cities journalists literally risked their lives trying to tell both sides of the story. Judith Yates Borger Staff Reporter Minneapolis Bureau St. Paul Pioneer Press 612 338-8198 Cell: 651 503-0162 Forwarded by David Brauer, list manager _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
