Three Arrested In Farview Park Before Hawthorne Neighborhood Annual Meeting

Photos By John Hoff

At approximately 4:30 PM yesterday, right before the Hawthorne Neighborhood Annual Meeting was scheduled to start in the nearby park pavilion, three young black males were frisked and placed in the back of a squad car by a member of the Minneapolis Park Police...

The officer was seen to take something from a pockets of one of the individuals and place it on the hood of his vehicle. The object appeared to be a white baggie of an unknown substance.

All three suspects appeared very cooperative with the arrest as they were searched and placed in the back of the squad car one by one. Some bystanders watched for a few moments, but then moved on. The officer carefully searched the ground around the squad car and the area where the suspects had been.

The arrests were visible from the nearby park pavilion building, where preparations where being made for the Hawthorne Annual Meeting, including a speech by the Fourth Precinct Commander, Inspector Mike Martin. The photos above were taken with a telephoto lens while standing just a few feet from the spot where Martin gave his speech.