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Friday roundup: Immigrants scammed, a 20-year city leader, arrests on the bridge
Posted by: James Eli Shiffer under Local business, People and neighborhoods, Politics and government, Public safety Updated: November 18, 2011 - 10:13 AM
Immigrant advocates welcomed the news that the Obama Administration may slow the deportation of non-criminal undocumented immigrants, Paul McEnroe reports. The tenuous existence of these immigrants is evidenced by their frequent exploitation by unscrupulous self-described fixers who claim they can get jobs and papers. Nicole Norfleet reports on the arrest of a man who operated a supposed employment agency out of a downtown skyscraper, but his promises of jobs for Spanish-speaking immigrants never materialized. Investigators say his operation was built on deception, including the name he used, which he apparently borrowed from someone else.
Cora McCorvey said no one knows her name but her tenants, and she likes it that way., Steve Brandt reports.McCorvey has led the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority since it was spun off from city government 20 years ago, and she's staying put, despite budget cuts from Washington and a growing unmet need for affordable housing.
Once again, the Occupy Wall Street-inspired Day of Action that led to confrontations and bloodied faces in other cities had a distinctly Minnesota Nice flavor here in Minneapolis, as 11 people were arrested for a sit-in on the 10th Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River, Randy Furst reports.
Public safety: No one has said yet what might have started the blaze that destroyed the North American Carrousel Co. at 2804 27th Av. S. Two people were arrested in the death of Delwin Cooper, who was shot 11 times last weekend on 44th Street E. and 33rd Avenue S., Pat Pheifer reports.
Finally, Minneapolis police Sgt. Jeff Miller felt compelled to respond to Randy Furst's story about a critical state report of the FBI-led Safe Streets Task Force. In a letter to the editor, Miller said he's part of a separate anti-drug task force, but works closely with the Safe Streets Task Force and while acknowledging that an advisory group should have been convened, the task force doesn't suffer the same ethical problems of the now-disbanded Metro Gang Strike Force, he said.
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