We have the second largest Somali population. Looking around for pros to that. What good have Somali's brought to the local community?

Here's some more. I'll add sources at the bottom

In 2003, Nuradin Abdi, a Somali man, was arrested and ultimately pleaded guilty for plotting to plant explosives in a Columbus shopping mall In 2010, some Somalis were arrested for running a prostitution ring and in 2011 for food stamp fraud. the authors found that Somali prisoners at the Franklin County Correctional Facility face ridicule and harassment when they ask to follow Islamic practices, while all inmates are encouraged to attend Christian services organized by the prison.

I especially like that one. Gotta watch out for our somali bros in prison!

Finally, certain events have shaken Somali trust in local law enforcement. In December 2005, for example, Franklin County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call for help from the family of Nasir Abdi, a mentally ill man, and shot the unarmed man to death within sixty seconds of entering the family’s apartment.

Isn't that nice? We're shipping over people with mental illness. This is actually quite prevalent with the recent "refugee" group, not just Somalis to be fair. http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1138&context=bildhaan

Five foreign nationals from Somalia were stopped on the Ohio Turnpike and charged with credit card fraud, possession of forgery tools, as well as drug and traffic violations

https://www.scribd.com/document/290264672/Five-arrested-in-the-Trumbull-County-Jail

Here's another good one. Yet another sex ring. Once again Somali community is "shocked". No one ever knows anything about this type of activity

[Actually it looks like a multi city sex trafficking ring, and there are three different Somali gangs in Minnesota. That's nice. (http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2010/11/08/08-somali.html)

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