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North Star Stories: Voices from Where We Live is comprised of a weekly 30-minute magazine-style newscast and daily, five-minute headlines segments that shine a spotlight on the stories and perspectives of Minnesota’s diverse communities, including Black, Latine, Asian American, East African individuals, people living with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+ residents, laborers, veterans, and those from Greater Minnesota.
WITH HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
A NORTH METRO CITY IS REVISITING A DARK EVENT IN ITS HISTORY THAT WENT UNACKNOWLEDGED FOR NEARLY A CENTURY.
[ED WHELING: THEY WERE ARMED WITH SHOTGUNS AND ROPES, AND THEY WERE SHOUTING OUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO TO ERNEST MCDUFFEY.]
BUT FIRST...
APARTMENT MASS SHOOTING
THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION NOW SAYS WEDNESDAY’S MASS SHOOTING AT A DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS APARTMENT COMPLEX STARTED FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ... AND ENDED WITH SIX PEOPLE INJURED ... INCLUDING THREE POLICE OFFICERS... AND THREE PEOPLE DEAD ... INCLUDING THE SUSPECT...
[DREW EVANS, BCA: THIS IS ONCE AGAIN A SITUATION WHERE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS CENTER AND CENTRAL TO A REALLY TERRIBLE SITUATION WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE SHOT.]
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT... 35-YEAR-OLD CARLTON NEAL JOHNSON THE SECOND... SHOT AND WOUNDED THE MOTHER OF HIS YOUNG CHILD OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT BUILDING DURING A CUSTODY EXCHANGE.
THEY SAY HE THEN WENT INSIDE ... SHOOTING TWO BUILDING EMPLOYEES ... BEFORE TAKING AN ELEVATOR TO HIS NINTH-FLOOR APARTMENT ... WHERE HE SHOT AND KILLED TWO APARTMENT RESIDENTS.
THEY SAY RESPONDING OFFICERS FOLLOWED THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE UP THE STAIRS ... WHERE BOTH OFFICERS WERE SHOT AND INJURED ... BEFORE THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
THE B-C-A BELIEVES POLICE SHOT THE SUSPECT ... BUT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S FINDINGS ARE STILL PENDING.
OFFICIALS SAY THE SUSPECT WAS ALSO FACING EVICTION PROCEEDINGS THIS WEEK BECAUSE HE THREATENED OTHER RESIDENTS SEVERAL TIMES AND FLASHED A GUN. THEY SAY HE WAS A LEGAL GUN OWNER.
INVESTIGATORS SAY SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CAPTURED THE ENTIRE ATTACK.
DOJ CHARGES CASTRO
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED SUSPENDED ICE AGENT CHRISTIAN CASTRO WITH LYING TO INVESTIGATORS ABOUT THE JANUARY SHOOTING OF A VENEZUELAN MAN IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS DURING OPERATION METRO SURGE.
THE CHARGING DOCUMENT IS UNDER SEAL UNTIL CASTRO IS APPREHENDED ... HE WAS RELEASED FROM A TEXAS JAIL LAST WEEK.
ICE RELEASES NUMBER OF ARRESTED U-S CITIZENS
ICE NOW SAYS ITS AGENTS ARRESTED 131 U-S CITIZENS FOR ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING FEDERAL OFFICERS DURING OPERATION METRO SURGE...
BUT ... US ATTORNEYS PURSUED CHARGES IN ONLY A THIRD OF THOSE ARRESTS ... OR 44 OUT OF THE 131 CASES.
THE ACTING ICE DIRECTOR DETAILED THE NUMBERS IN A LETTER TO CONGRESSWOMEN ANGIE CRAIG AND ILHAN OMAR LAST MONTH. AXIOS, AN ONLINE NEWS SERVICE, OBTAINED AND PUBLISHED THE LETTER.
TWO-THIRDS OF THE CASES WERE DISMISSED ... DECLINED FOR PROSECUTION ... OR RESOLVED THROUGH PRETRIAL PROGRAMS.
[MUSIC TRANSITION]
ERNEST MCDUFFY REMEMBRANCE
NINETY-FIVE YEARS AGO … A WHITE MOB TRIED TO BREAK INTO THE ANOKA CITY JAIL TO LYNCH ERNEST MCDUFFEY … A 22=-YEAROLD BLACK MAN ACCUSED – WITHOUT EVIDENCE – OF ATTACKING A YOUNG WHITE GIRL ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES.
THE MOB NEVER REACHED HIM … BUT THE THREATS FOLLOWED HIM INTO COURT.
MCDUFFEY PLEADED GUILTY TO THE ATTACK... AFTER BEING WARNED THE MOB WOULD LYNCH HIM IF HE RETURNED TO ANOKA …
HE WAS SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON.
ANOKA IS NOW PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER FIFTH “ERNEST MCDUFFEY REMEMBRANCE DAY” …
THE STATE SENATE ADOPTED A RESOLUTION TO HONOR HIM ... AND SOME PEOPLE WANT TO ERECT A PERMANENT, PHYSICAL MARKER TO PRESERVE HIS MEMORY.
LOCAL HISTORIAN ED WHELING SAYS THIS IS A FIRST STEP TOWARD RIGHTING A HISTORICAL WRONG.
[ED WHELING: THIS IS A CHANCE FOR US TO RESTORE HIS HUMANITY, TO GIVE HIM HIS DAY AND HONOR HIM.]
A PUBLIC REMEMBRANCE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT ANOKA’S RIVERFRONT MEMORIAL PARK.
HEAR MORE ABOUT MCDUFFEY’S LIFE AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM ON OUR WEEKLY NORTH STAR STORIES PROGRAM … LISTEN ON OUR WEBSITE OR ON YOUR LOCAL AMPERS STATION.
[MUSIC TRANSITION]
CARETAKER ISSUES – PNS
CARING FOR A SICK OR DISABLED LOVED ONE CAN COST MINNESOTANS THEIR PLACE IN THE WORKFORCE … AND MAKE IT TOUGH TO GET IT BACK.
A STATE REPORT SAYS MOST OF MINNESOTA’S 640-THOUSAND FAMILY CAREGIVERS ALSO HOLD PAYING JOBS … BUT SOME HAVE TO CUT THEIR HOURS OR STEP AWAY FROM WORK.
A-A-R-P MINNESOTA SAYS THE STATE’S PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM COULD HELP MORE CAREGIVERS REMAIN EMPLOYED … BUT ONE CAREGIVER TELLS PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE IT WON’T ERASE THE FINANCIAL STRAIN.
[KATE SCHAEFERS: MANY CAREGIVERS ARE TRADING THEIR OWN FINANCIAL SECURITY TO CARE FOR LOVED ONES OUT OF A PLACE OF LOVE … BUT ALSO, LOVE DOESN’T PAY BILLS.]
A-A-R-P ALSO WANTS MORE FLEXIBLE WORKPLACES AND GREATER FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR UNPAID CAREGIVERS.
STATE FAIR CULTURAL DAYS
AND FINALLY …
[CUMBIA MUSIC]
THE STATE FAIR’S FINAL WEEKEND IS BRINGING THE WORLD TO MINNESOTA … OR AT LEAST TO DAN PATCH PARK.
PAN-LATINO DAY BRINGS MUSICIANS … DANCERS … AND ARTISTS ON SATURDAY.
WHILE YOU CAN LEARN TO DANCE TO AFROBEAT … BOLLYWOOD … OR K-POP AT SUNDAY’S NEW “CULTURAL DESTINATIONS” DAY.
HMONG MINNESOTA DAY CLOSES OUT THE FAIR MONDAY … WITH SINGERS … DANCERS … AND MARTIAL ARTISTS.
THREE DAYS … MANY RHYTHMS … AND ONE LAST SPIN AROUND THE WORLD IN MINNESOTA BEFORE THE FAIR CLOSES.
FOR NORTH STAR STORIES … I’M XAN HOLSTON.