"(On a recent rash of murders in the Minneapolis Somali community):
“This act of violence came a few years after the Bush administration passed the No Child Left Behind act. Stricter laws on foreign language instruction had led to many prominent Somali teachers being laid off. No longer was there a connection between parents and teachers. Kids dropped out and began hanging out together, calling themselves names like Murda Squad, Riverside Riders, Somali Mafia, and Madhibaan With Attitude. These gangs were nothing like the highly organized, regimented street gangs of Los Angeles or Chicago; they were loose-knit groups with shifting alliances and constantly changing names. “If there’s one thing that caused all this, the entire Somali gang problem, it’s the No Child Left Behind program,” says Shukri Adan, author of the 2007 Report on Somali Youth Issues commissioned by the city of Minneapolis. “In one act, they created a gang culture."
“This act of violence came a few years after the Bush administration passed the No Child Left Behind act. Stricter laws on foreign language instruction had led to many prominent Somali teachers being laid off. No longer was there a connection between parents and teachers. Kids dropped out and began hanging out together, calling themselves names like Murda Squad, Riverside Riders, Somali Mafia, and Madhibaan With Attitude. These gangs were nothing like the highly organized, regimented street gangs of Los Angeles or Chicago; they were loose-knit groups with shifting alliances and constantly changing names. “If there’s one thing that caused all this, the entire Somali gang problem, it’s the No Child Left Behind program,” says Shukri Adan, author of the 2007 Report on Somali Youth Issues commissioned by the city of Minneapolis. “In one act, they created a gang culture."
— Minneapolis Somali community facing dark web of murders - News - City Pagespage 2
