Don Samuels Calls 911 on North Minneapolis Hot Dog Giveaway [VIDEO]

[geardaddy]

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2014/10/don_samuels_calls_911_on_north_minneapolis_hot_dog_giveaway.php

Former City Council member and current school board candidate Don Samuels is taking heat for calling the cops on a hot dog giveaway organized by Neighborhoods Organizing for Change on a sidewalk right outside its north Minneapolis headquarters at 911 W. Broadway Ave.

Samuels says he thought the hot dogs were being sold illegally by a group without a license to sell food. In fact, however, the dogs were given away as part of NOC's "impromptu pledge-to-vote barbecue," as a post on the organization's Facebook page puts it.

Here's video of a cop arriving at the scene and giving folks a hard time about whether the dogs were being distributed for money or in an attempt to "elicit votes." Note how the officer confirms he's there because of a 911 call made by Samuels: (video at link)

And here's a sampling of what people have had been saying about the video and Samuels's decision to call the cops on Facebook:




More at link.

Really Don? WTF?

[Jenoch]

1. Why wouldn't he just walk over there

and find out what the deal was?

[annm4peace]

2. I find this really sad. I couldn't believe it when I heard it

NOC has done great work with those who were facing foreclosure, helping those on the northside who had tornado damage, calling attention to police brutality.. and i was glad to seeing them get out the vote.

Was it a month ago, NOC organizers were detained by police when they were registering people to vote outside of Cubs.

Samuels knows NOC and knows they were registering voters.


I am glad to see this on Democratic Underground.. I'm glad that others know how outrageous this is.

I just wonder what the real reason is.. did he feel threatened by NOC organizers ? did he want to bully them ?