MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A brawl broke out over nominations for Minneapolis City Council candidates, leaving at least two people injured, a newspaper reported.
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The scuffle arose during the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party’s endorsing convention for Minneapolis Ward 10, held Saturday at a magnet school in the city, the Star Tribune reported.
Video posted on social media showed the disturbance began after supporters of Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai took the stage, which caused an uproar among supporters of her challenger, Nasri Warsame. Some Warsame supporters jumped on stage, shouting, banging on tables and waving signs, the paper reported.
Convention chair Sam Doten called the behavior embarrassing and adjourned the event without a nominee being chosen, saying it was no longer safe.
At least one person was treated at a hospital for injuries that were not believed to be life threatening, the newspaper said. A second person was treated at the scene.
No arrests were made, Minneapolis police spokesman Brian Feintech told the newspaper.
Chughtai said in a statement on her website that more than a dozen of her supporters and DFL volunteers were assaulted, claiming Warsame delegates “charged the stage assaulting me and my supporters as I was about to begin my convention speech.”
Warsame claimed in a Facebook post afterward that his campaign manager was assaulted by a staff member of the Chughtai campaign, according to the newspaper report.
Minnesota DFL Chair Ken Martin said in a statement posted on Twitter on Saturday evening that “the assaults and violence at the Ward 10 convention were perpetrated by supporters of Nasri Warsame.” Martin denounced the violence and apologized to Chughtai and her supporters and staff.
The Minnesota DFL is an affiliate of the national Democratic Party.
Look at that picture! This country is doomed.
If you have an invasion of third world population than we cease to be a free country and you could forget about a free and fair election etc. etc., What follows is tyranny we are there already.
When u import the 3rd world they act like it
Savages
One is a Somali and one a Pakistani, both Moslems member of that religion of peace.
aren’t these the same electorate who sent ilhan omar to washington to represent them?
trump caused this. he should be indicted. white supremacy is the number one threat to america.
actually, these people all were probably educated in one of the failing yeshvos. shapiro will have an artcile in nyt about it tommorrow (with yaffed as her source).