LCC board meeting
Longfellow Community Council board meeting, Aug. 20 | The Bridge: Vice Lords Activity in Longfellow: Schiff reported that Longfellow residents have expressed concern about groups of boys wearing red shirts and black shorts gathering around a house on 30th Avenue near 32nd and 33rd Streets. Schiff photographed graffiti on a fence two blocks west of Longfellow Park. Minneapolis police gang specialists identified the tag as belonging to the Vice Lords gang. Because of past crackdowns, Schiff told the board, most Vice Lords leaders are in jail. That and the fact that the Vice Lords have historically been associated with the north side of Minneapolis lead police to believe that, if a cell is forming in Longfellow, it is still in its infancy. “We very much want to visit their parents,” said Schiff of suspected gang members, “and start intervention.” Schiff encouraged residents to report groups of youths in red and black gang colors and graffiti featuring a backwards cane or top hat and the letters IVL, which stands for insane vice lords.
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