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MINNEAPOLIS -- Police in Minneapolis and St. Paul are looking into a video posted on YouTube that appears to show a group of young men attacking bicyclists, pedestrians and children.

The creator of the six minute video describes it as "A video of a bunch of Somali males engaging in criminal behavior assaulting random bicyclists and children."

Police say the assaults amount to actual crimes.

"The biggest issue here is these are crimes that create tremendous levels of fear," said Sgt. Paul Schnell with the St. Paul Police Department.

During the video, which was edited and set to music, the young men give full names and nicknames such us Shark," "Lil Stain," and "Jigsaw." They take turns saying "Watch this," before knocking down people walking, jogging and riding a bicycle.

Police believe the eight suspects -- who all appear to be teenage boys -- targeted their suspects in St. Paul and Minneapolis this last weekend. Police say they don't appear to have a clear motive for the crimes: not a fight, not robbery, not self-defense.

In fact, police believe the young men are engaging in a country-wide trend called "wilding," where the suspects document their crimes and then post them online.

"They simply appear to be motivated by messing with, harming, hurting or scaring people," Schnell said.

But the video does offer police key pieces of evidence: including the suspects' faces, names and images of the crimes being committed.

"This investigation is going to be made a whole lot easier by the fact that this video was posted," Schnell said.

Police also need victims to come forward before prosecutors can charge the suspects with the crimes. Until a victim files a police report, police are simply trying to talk to the suspects to urge them to stop the crimes before anyone is seriously hurt.

"It's pretty stupid. They're going to run into somebody who's not too happy with them and roles are going to be reversed," said Sgt. Jesse Garcia with the Minneapolis Police Department.

Caashaqa wrote:OMG I JUST SAW THIS ON THE NEWS ITS REALLY SAD HOW THESE KIDS HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY I MEAN THEY PUSHED AN OLD MAN OFF HIS BIKE AND THREATENED TO BEAT UP A MAN IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM OF THEIR TOWER THEY LIVE IN WOW I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW SAD SOMALIS HAVE BECOME I GUESS WE'LL BECOME JUST LIKE THE MADOWE WHO ONLY MAKE THE NEWS WHEN THEY KILL SOMEONE OR ROB A BUSINESS

IRONm@N wrote:

Caashaqa wrote:OMG I JUST SAW THIS ON THE NEWS ITS REALLY SAD HOW THESE KIDS HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY I MEAN THEY PUSHED AN OLD MAN OFF HIS BIKE AND THREATENED TO BEAT UP A MAN IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM OF THEIR TOWER THEY LIVE IN WOW I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW SAD SOMALIS HAVE BECOME I GUESS WE'LL BECOME JUST LIKE THE MADOWE WHO ONLY MAKE THE NEWS WHEN THEY KILL SOMEONE OR ROB A BUSINESS

don't say like Madoow, we are worst then Madoow, Madoow ppl aren't Muslims, but we are Muslims, what if we weren't Muslims?
I blame this on divorces and kids raised in front of TV without discipline, culture and respect. most of these kids are fatherless.

This is a serious crime in Islam, it's abusing pedestrains and obstructing their right of way . whole nations have been destroyed for stuff like this, what is wrong with this ppl.

HELWAA wrote:
Why blame single mothers?....where are the fathers....nimanki caruurtan dhalay meeye?Walaahi ani nimanka somaalida qaarkood wan ka yaaba.Bal hadi ay naagti heshiin waayen maxay caruurtooda oo korin wayeen?..naagta ma iyada iska leh so isago mu dhalin....aakhiro ayey oo taala walle.Wax kasta oo ilmahaasi ku dhaqaaqo aabaha ayuu danbigu saaran yahy.

CoolPoisons wrote:

HELWAA wrote:
Why blame single mothers?....where are the fathers....nimanki caruurtan dhalay meeye?Walaahi ani nimanka somaalida qaarkood wan ka yaaba.Bal hadi ay naagti heshiin waayen maxay caruurtooda oo korin wayeen?..naagta ma iyada iska leh so isago mu dhalin....aakhiro ayey oo taala walle.Wax kasta oo ilmahaasi ku dhaqaaqo aabaha ayuu danbigu saaran yahy.

meeye a? blame it on the single mothers who tasted welfare and kicked their husbands out. blame it on single mothers who use their welfare money to buy houses in carabta while their children starving and becoming criminals

HELWAA wrote:

CoolPoisons wrote:

HELWAA wrote:
Why blame single mothers?....where are the fathers....nimanki caruurtan dhalay meeye?Walaahi ani nimanka somaalida qaarkood wan ka yaaba.Bal hadi ay naagti heshiin waayen maxay caruurtooda oo korin wayeen?..naagta ma iyada iska leh so isago mu dhalin....aakhiro ayey oo taala walle.Wax kasta oo ilmahaasi ku dhaqaaqo aabaha ayuu danbigu saaran yahy.

meeye a? blame it on the single mothers who tasted welfare and kicked their husbands out. blame it on single mothers who use their welfare money to buy houses in carabta while their children starving and becoming criminals

Astaqfurallah dheh warye...kuli fitnaha waa nimanka..so iyago may oran orodo lacagto ha ino badate ayno is kala qorno..yaa?...waa ninki hada aqalka ka masuulka aha...aqal xaaran so gashey ba dhisnaaneya bay kula tahay.Cala kuli xaal pple divorce of many resons, ilaahy ba furitaanka xalaal ka dhigay.Laakin raga somaalida badankoodo markey naagta furan caruurtina way fureen.Thats is just sad cus kids realy need their fathers guidance and attention esp in the west.Back home atleast dadki iyo familygi ba buux ah iyo waliba dhul muslin ah ba la jooga.Laakin halkan Allah mustacaan...gaaladan ilaahy sharkood ha inaga qabto.

HELWAA wrote:cool

Heedhe horta wax kasta waa calaf iyo qoraal ....Waxay doonto sababto ahaato maalinta calafkiino dhamaado qofka waad kala tagaysan.Ta cid badali karta ma jirto..allah knows best.

Suaasha mesha taala waxa wayaan......WHY WHY WHY cant these men keep in touch with their kids?...xita may wiigi hal maalin ahaato...why ay caruurtooda waqti oo siin la yehiin?

Ta bal ka jawaab Poisno ?

HELWAA wrote:Waxaas waa excuses bull shid ah...bal taasi yoma al aakhira ha ka saarto.If you cant take care of ur children dont have any in the first place.Simple is that.

And dont feel sorry for garoobs, they are blessed.