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Minneapolis to work on reducing Somali youth violence

Minnesota Daily
July 21, 2009

Merrie Benasutti of the Humphrey Institute's Cedar Humphrey Actions for Neighborhood Collaborative Engagement (CHANCE) comments on misconceptions of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood based on media coverage.

"Our safety issues are perceived to be much worse than they really are," Benasutti said. "The towers [Riverside Plaza ] are referred to as, 'crack stacks' or, 'ghetto in the sky.'"

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