MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The killing of an unarmed Australian woman by a Minneapolis police officer who is a Somali-American has turned an unwelcome spotlight on the city's beleaguered Somali community, where many again find themselves on the defensive.
Somalis In Minneapolis On Defensive After Police Shooting
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press, Waco Tribune-Herald
Fri, 07/21/2017 - 3:02pm
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