South Minneapolis residents feel unsafe due to nearby homeless camp

WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO FIGHT IN HOMES, SHEDS, AND FLIP IN RV UPSIDE DOWN. NEIGHBORS SAY IT ALL HAPPENED IN JUST A MATTER OF MINUTES. >>> AND NEIGHBORS LIVING NEXT TO IT SUN CITY SOMIS AND KIMMITT ARE SHARING THEIR CONCERNS. >> JUST STEPS FROM BUSY LAKE STREET IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. MANY OF THEM TOLD US THEY LIVE IN FEAR EVERY DAY. THEY ARE ASKING THE CITY FOR HELP. >> FOR THE SECOND TIME IN UNDER THREE YEARS PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY ARE LIVING NEXT TO AN ENCAMPMENT. >> WE HAVE SO MUCH ANGER BEHIND THE CITY ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN. >> THEY SAY THEY DID NOT WANT THEIR FACE SHOWN FOR FEAR OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE OCCUPANTS KNEW THAT IT WAS HIM SPEAKING OUT. >> IF I WALKED DOWN THE STREET I WILL GET HARASSED. WE CANNOT EVEN BE OUTSIDE WITHOUT PEOPLE GETTING MAD AT US FOR LOOKING AT THEM WALKING THROUGH OUR ALLEY. >> ON MARCH 27 FROM INSIDE HIS HOME HE WATCH AS PEOPLE CUT THE LOCKS FENCE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE YARD. >> AS THEY ARE BREAKING AND WE ARE CALLING THE COPS AND MORE OF THEM ARE SHOWING UP. IT HAPPENED SO FAST THEY ARE PULLING CARS UP IN TRAILERS AND UNLOADING EVERYTHING. >> NOW BECAUSE OF THE ENCAMPMENT MANY DO NOT FEEL SAFE. >> I AM LOOKING OUTSIDE AND I HAVE PEOPLE SITTING UNDER BLANKETS SHOOTING DRUGS. WE JUST HAD A HOMICIDE. THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR TWO WEEKS. IT IS BACK TO THE SAME THING. >> THIS BODY WAS FOUND NEAR THE ENCAMPMENT ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER ONE WENT UP IN THE SAME AREA. THERE WERE OVER 2800 CALLS FOR SERVICE TO THAT AREA. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED, DAMAGE PROPERTY, ASSAULT, AND DRUG ACTIVITY. >> NOW THEM ALLOWING OUR BLOCK TO GO BACK THROUGH THE SAME THING THAT WE HAD GONE THROUGH IS A COMPLETE INJUSTICE. >> IN THE LAST FIVE WEEKS THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN DISTURBANCE CALLS. THREE STABBINGS ONE EXPLOSION. ONE MURDER. NEIGHBORS CAME TOGETHER TO PRESENT THIS LETTER TO CITY LEADERS DESCRIBING WHAT THEY CALL THE CHAOS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE AGAINST THEM DOING BUSINESS SO CLOSE TO OUR HOMES AND HARASSING OUR

Channel: WCCO - CBS Minnesota

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Keywords: WCCO 4 News, homelessness, south minneapolis, minneapolis, crime

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Length: 2min 21sec (141 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 18 2024