🌱 Patch AM: Officials Say Two Gangs Planned a MN State Fair Showdown — A Judge Just Shut It Down

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• Court orders aim to keep gang conflict away from State Fair

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📰 News we're reading

• Officials Say Two Gangs Planned a MN State Fair Showdown — A Judge Just Shut It Down (patch.com) — St. Paul readers should know that Minnesota's attorney general and Ramsey County's top prosecutor have obtained court orders to keep alleged gang members away from the State Fairgrounds and a surrounding safety zone. A Ramsey County judge also formally labeled the Muddy group a criminal gang and restricted three members' activities at the fair, following online threats and recent violent incidents near the fair in previous years.
   

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