That is a question I asked previously here when we learned that the City of Minneapolis was using federal stimulus money to protect its ports from the possible threat of a terrorist attack from its local Somalis. Now comes news that a prosecutor in one of many Somali murder cases in Minneapolis allegedly made derogatory remarks about Somalis.
For new readers, note that the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence is going to take its fabulous Somali assimilation model (not!) of Lewiston, ME on the road to try to convince citizens of four other cities that they need to not be so hateful to immigrants. I think they need to tackle Minneapolis first!
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
A Somali man convicted of attempted murder is seeking a new trial because the prosecutor in his case allegedly posted derogatory comments about Somalis on her Facebook page.
Ahmed Ali’s lawyer filed a motion Tuesday seeking a hearing on several grounds including prosecutorial and juror misconduct. Early this month a jury convicted Ali of first-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault in an Aug. 14, 2008, shooting that left three people wounded at the Cedar Riverside Plaza in Minneapolis.
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Ali, 21, is scheduled to be sentenced March 11. He is not the man of the same name who is accused in the triple-killing at a Franklin Avenue market in January.
See triple murder story here.