Ron Case

You can't just do it by the typical niceties.

Eden Prairie Mayor Ron Case is looking to start an East African gang task force.

Case is hoping to include new law enforcement tactics across the metro.

Hey, hit me up there, Ron Case.

I got some ideas for you.

And bringing everyone, including the Somali community, together to talk.

Eden Prairie's got a problem, and the mayor of Eden Prairie wants to solve it.

Mayor Ron Case joins us.

Sir, thank you so much for taking the time.

You, you said Eden Prairie has a problem, and I, um, don't disagree that we are confronting a problem and confronting an issue.

Uh, Somali men show up armed, and they shoot the place up.

And now Mayor Ron Case, uh, of Eden Prairie in Minnesota said the shooting at the high school homecoming game, believed to be tied to Somali gang activity, but shouldn't define the broader Somali community.

Yeah, sure it shouldn't.

It's just 100% them, but nevermind.

Uh, Eden Prairie Mayor Ron Case calling for a dedicated regional task force to address gang activity among East African youth.

They're youths.

You got a bunch of youths.

Eden Prairie's got a problem, and the mayor of Eden Prairie wants to solve it.

Mayor Ron Case is asking for state, county, and local law enforcement to join forces to create a multi-agency regional task force to confront gang violence.

Mayor Ron Case joins us on the John Schuster Coldwell Banker hotline.

Sir, thank you so much for taking the time this morning.

I know you're busy.

It's, it's really just focusing, right? I mean, all the police agencies are doing phenomenal work right now.

But if we do focus in and shine the light really brightly, really quickly, in an intense, and again, I'm not in law enforcement, but in an intense effort for two to three to four weeks, I think we can make a difference.

We are talking to, uh, Mayor of Eden Prairie, Ron Case.