Stock photo and blog post by John Hoff
El Mio Ju Johnson was one of two victims killed in a bizarre incident in which a car was used as a murder weapon, click here for the story about charges pressed in the wake of Johnson's death.
The mainstream media has reported on Johnson's murder but it seems bloggers are always left to fill the cracks in the public record...
In the pattern of most other homicides in North Minneapolis, it is not surprising to learn that Johnson had a fairly extensive criminal record and, well, here it is:
27-CR-04-032786
05/19/2004
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
THEFT
27-CR-06-043507
06/29/2006
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
BURGLARY-3RD DEGREE
27-CR-06-050890
07/25/2006
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
LITTERING
27-CR-07-008344
02/06/2007
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
THEFT
27-CR-08-1642
2070194135
01/10/2008
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Give False Name/DOB/ID to Peace Officer
27-CR-08-14927
03/26/2008
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
Theft-Take/Use/Transfer Movable Prop-No Consent
27-CR-10-23006
0100041219
05/21/2010
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Dormant
Public urination prohibited.
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I really wish the mainstream media would routinely link to criminal records of this kind when reporting on homicides. Minneapolis is not plagued by murder so much as we are plagued by a criminal underclass who--in an almost random manner--sometimes commit acts of murder, mostly against each other. The coverage of murders by the mainstream media usually omits this fact.
Being the amazing, true-to-life adventures and (very likely) misadventures of a writer who seeks to take his education, activism and seemingly boundless energy to North Minneapolis, (NoMi) to help with a process of turning a rapidly revitalizing neighborhood into something approaching Urban Utopia. I am here to be near my child. From 02/08 to 06/15 this blog pushed free speech to the envelope, so others could take heart and speak unafraid. Email me at hoffjohnw@gmail.com
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2 comments:
Would you have posted this if he was white?
Damn right I would have, and previous postings of criminal records on this blog prove that point.
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