October 28, 2004 - Minneapolis police and members of a community relations group are cooperating in the investigation of the shooting death of a Minneapolis teenager by a police officer. However, the two continue to offer different accounts of what happened. Police say 15-year-old Courtney Williams held a pellet gun that resembled a real gun and refused to drop it when commanded to do so by a police officer. They say Williams stopped and turned toward the officer with the gun when the officer fired two shots. But members of the council say another boy possessed the pellet gun and threw it on the ground as he ran from police officers. Despite the different accounts, community group member Spike Moss says the relationship between his group and the department is sound.
October 28, 2004 - A memorial service was held Wednesday evening in a north Minneapolis church for Courtney Williams. Williams was shot and killed last weekend by a Minneapolis police officer. Police say the 15-year-old was carrying a pellet gun that looked like a .45 caliber handgun. But family members say they don't believe the police accounts. Cousin Andre Gray says Williams was a good kid.
October 28, 2004 - Family and friends held a memorial service last night for a teenager who was shot and killed last weekend by a Minneapolis police officer. Police say 15-year-old Courtney Williams was carrying a pellet gun which resembled a handgun. Family members maintain Williams didn't have a gun and didn't like guns. Andre Gray is Williams' cousin. He says the family is more concerned with healing than with the police investigation.
October 29, 2004 - Minneapolis police and members of a community relations group are cooperating in the investigation of the shooting death of a Minneapolis teenager by a police officer. However, the two continue to offer different accounts of what happened. Police say 15-year-old Courtney Williams held a pellet gun that resembled a real gun and refused to drop it when commanded to do so by a police officer. They say Williams stopped and turned toward the officer with the gun when the officer fired two shots. But members of the council say another boy possessed the pellet gun and threw it on the ground as he ran from police officers. Despite the different accounts, community group member Spike Moss says the relationship between his group and the department is sound.
November 15, 2004 - St. Paul school district officials say they're ready to add more bilingual classrooms to accommodate the latest wave of new immigrants.
November 15, 2004 - St. Paul school district officials say their strategy for accommodating a wave of new immigrant students has worked smoothly for the first two months of the school year. The district established Transitional Language Centers at three elementary schools in response to the influx of Hmong families from a Thailand refugee camp. An International Academy was set up for older students. Valeria Silva, director of St. Paul's English Language Learner programs, says the slow, steady arrival of students has helped the schools adapt.
November 23, 2004 - About 40 Hmong business and community leaders in St. Paul today condeMinnesotaed the actions of a suspected killer and offer their condolences to the victims. They were talking about Chai Vang, the man jailed in Wisconsin. Law enforcement authorities suspect Vang is the man who killed six deer hunters and wounded two others this past weekend. At a press conference in St Paul several speakers distanced themselves from Vang. Cha Vang is the son of Hmong leader General Vang Pao. He began his remarks by saying he was in no way related to the suspect.
November 23, 2004 - Hmong business and community leaders say they are shocked and saddened by the killing of six deer hunters in Wisconsin this past weekend. They are particularly upset that the shooting suspect, 36-year-old Chai Vang, is a Hmong man from St. Paul. About 40 Hmong attended a press conference to to condeMinnesota the violence. They also expressed sympathy for the victims and stressed Vang is not typical of Hmong people. Ilene Her is with the Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans. She voiced concern over the backlash some Hmong may face as a result of the shooting.
November 24, 2004 - The number of legal immigrants moving to Minnesota declined sharply last year.
November 24, 2004 - Chai Vang, the Hmong immigrant suspected of killing six hunters and wounding two others in Wisconsin is a bit of a mystery to the Hmong community and his own Dayton's Bluff neighborhood in St. Paul.