We’d like to think that the recent surge of violence from Somali gangs in Minnesota is news, but this problem has been going on for at least 15 years. Why are we just learning about it now, and why hasn’t the government taken action against them?
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Somalis are migrating all over the country, legally and illegally. We can find them in most of the major cities:
In 2001 large numbers of Somali immigrants began migrating to Maine bringing their clan rivalries and their love of khat with them. [Khat is an evergreen tree that provides leaves that can be chewed as stimulants.] Since then, these Somali rival gangs, or “clans” as they prefer, have taken root in such far-flung U.S. cities as Lewiston (Maine), Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Kansas City and Garden City (Kansas), and San Diego.
Acts of rape and other abuse pursued by gangs are not limited to non-Muslims. Sharia law permits husbands to beat and rape their wives. Muslim women who are not married and are raped are considered shamed and are sometimes victims of honor killings.
Unlike gangs of the past who fought over drugs and money, the Somali gangs fight over posts on social media. Even with this distinction, one professor, James Densley from Metropolitan State University, insists that acknowledging violence is acceptable, but identifying gangs by ethnicity is counterproductive. Instead, communities need to figure out how to “fill gaps in belonging, protection and status.” You, the reader, can decide whether his approach makes sense.
About 300 people have been associated with Somali gangs, and 50 of those are the most disruptive. And the problem is escalating:
Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher says he is forming what he believes to be the first Somali gang task force in the U.S., made up of about five dedicated investigators.
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“In the last year, we’ve had 14 homicides here in the metropolitan area; over 120 shooting incidents,” he said. “We had two more last night, and it’s a growing problem. And we better work our butts off right now to fix this problem in the Somali community, or we are going to launch into a 200-year legacy that won’t be unlike what some of the European countries are seeing.”
In spite of the evidence of Somali gangs, some authorities continue to live in denial. Hennepin County attorney Mary Moriarty claims that the reports of Somali gangsters terrorizing residents aren’t true. She insists that Somali gangsters are not harassing residents as her way of insisting that the presence of ICE wasn’t necessary, and that the Trump administration was spreading misinformation and hate.
But one Somali investigator, Jama Shine, who works with Sheriff Fletcher, called for the Somali community to be honest and admit that there is a gang problem. The kids who were committing crimes needed to be held accountable.
With Somali gangs developing all over the country, the problem can no longer be ignored as a local inconvenience. Law enforcement and the law-abiding Somalis themselves must take action and punish the gangs that are destroying the reputation and safety of their community.
Otherwise, all of us could be at serious risk.
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