qannani.bsky.social
👤 Joined on 26 August 2023
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@qannani.bsky.socialAdding here for context: MPR was the only news source that didn’t use that framing in its own coverage, and instead used “Somali gangs” and related terms in quotes to show it as a political narrative the Somali community has challenged .
Show PostBefore Rep. Tom Emmer accused Minnesota journalists of ignoring the threat of “Somali gangs” in July 2025, the phrase had appeared zero times in Star Tribune crime coverage dating back to January 2020. Since then, it has appeared 56 times.
Show PostDEEP DIVE is up! How the Star Tribune turned Republican “Somali gangs” rhetoric into an election-year crime narrative—and helped give demands for expanded local, state, and federal enforcement the authority of news.
Show PostRemember this tweet? This is Roper from the Strib. He had already written his column on car window smashing when he met with us (at our request hours before his deadline). He’s just written another column bashing me for, among other things, being “academic” and he still doesn’t understand the data.
Show PostAll he had from police were anecdotes unsupported by evidence, all of which were refuted by our data, emails, etc.. His response, “I feel like I’m in the middle.” What happened to reporting? Hard(?) questions to police like, “What evidence do you have to support this?
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