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YouTube Video Sparks Police Investigation

Cristina Cordova — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:53:53 +0000

Yesterday, City Pages posted a link to a YouTube video of a group of Somali boys “knocking bikers over, tackling unsuspecting runners from behind, shoving kids and generally threatening folks for what appeared to be the pure fun of it.” Well, apparently, viewers at Mpls Bike Love and other local sites identified the neighborhood, near Central High School on Lexington Avenue in St. Paul, as well as some of the assailants, sparking a police investigation. YouTube has pulled the video, due to violent content, but you can see an archived version here.

Hopefully, this will start a (very stupid) trend of posting crime videos on YouTube, and we can start a new era of online citizen policing. Why not?

Lil’ Dude Weather

Max Sparber — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:14:08 +0000

Secrets of the City’s own Dude Weather gets its own parody, in the form of a 10-year-old boy.

YouTube Station Dedicated to Local Videos

Max Sparber — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:09:09 +0000

David Hansen of City Pages interviews Nick VonBargen, who recently launched a YouTube channel called MSP Music, specializing in videos by local bands, including Vampire Hands, Gay Witch Abortion, and Cortez the Killer.