Minneapolis council member demands changes after shooting of toddler David Chanen, Star Tribune Published August 1, 2003 Minneapolis City Council Member Don Samuels feels helpless and useless.
To energize his Third Ward's North Side neighborhoods, which have been plagued by shootings involving children in the last week, he has started a three-day fast and vigil in a tent at 26th and Knox Avs. N. in the Jordan neighborhood. Standing there Thursday and flanked by community leaders and residents, he made two demands: He wants assignment of five police officers to patrol Jordan on foot 24 hours a day, and restoration of $3.8 million in state funding for community corrections in Hennepin County. He said that if the patrols haven't been instituted by Aug. 13, when he returns from a trip to Jamaica, his fast will continue. His actions follow the shooting this week of a 19-month-old girl in her home, a duplex in the 2700 block of Girard Av. N. in Jordan. Deasha Hazley remained in critical condition Thursday after two surgeries, Samuels said. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4019359.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
