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Iconic Minneapolis dive bar CC Club could soon be up for sale
The owners of the CC Club in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood say they are open to selling the famous dive bar in the near future after running it for more than a decade.
Randy Segal, one of the co-owners of the bar, said there have been no formal plans to sell the bar yet. But with both Segal and his co-owner Steve Shapiro recently turning 75 in March, he says he is contemplating retirement.
“With all the stress of running businesses, you get older, and reality hits,” Segal said on Monday.
The dive bar was first opened in 1933 at the intersection of Lyndale Avenue and 26th Street. It developed a legendary status in the city as a place for hipsters and musicians. The bar has seen a lot of music style evolution from rock-and-roll to today’s punk-focused music scene.
Notably, a few songs by the Minneapolis rock band The Replacements were inspired by their time at the CC Club, including the track, “Here Comes a Regular.”
Earlier this year, Segal had mentioned to others that he would look to retire and sell the business to when he turned 75, which happened in March. While there have been no advertisements or formal talks about selling, Segal said he would consider offers.
“It’s the kind of thing where if something came along and it was the right deal, I suppose I’d listen to it,” Segal said.
First opportunity, however, would go to the bar’s workers if they wished to collectively buy the bar, the owner noted. Still, Segal said he wants whoever eventually takes over the club to have knowledge of bars, business and being a manager.
If the verdict stands and the case proceeds to sentencing, Trump’s punishments would range from a fine or probation to up to four years in prison — but it’s unlikely he’d spend any time behind bars for a first-time conviction involving charges in the lowest tier of felonies.
Some of Trump’s supporters embraced his conviction, showing up to campaign rallies in T-shirts with slogans like ”Free Trump” and ”I’m Voting For the Convicted Felon.”
Because it is a state case, Trump would not be able to pardon himself once he returns to office. Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes.
The hush money case was the only one of Trump’s four criminal indictments to go to trial.
Special counsel Jack Smith is taking steps to wind down his two federal cases against the president-elect. One centers on Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, the other on allegations that he hoarded classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. A separate state election interference case in Fulton County, Georgia, is largely on hold.
Trump, a Republican, has decried the hush money verdict as a ”rigged, disgraceful” result. He has claimed, without evidence, that the case brought by Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg was part of a Democrat-led ”witch hunt” meant to harm his presidential campaign.
A 39-year-old man has agreed to a $50,000 payment to settle his lawsuit that accused a Willmar police officer of an unlawful arrest based on race, the man’s legal representative announced Tuesday.
Christopher Flatten and the city were sued in June by Derrick Gilbert, of Willmar, on allegations that he was illegally arrested two years earlier.
The “walking while Black” arrest, as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called it, occurred when Flatten assumed Gilbert, who was walking to work, was another man, despite Flatten being unable to see Gilbert’s face, the suit alleged.
The ACLU said Flatten assumed Gilbert was another Black man he knew who was seven years younger, 4 inches shorter, 90 pounds heavier and has a much lighter complexion. The ACLU also alleged that Flatten knew the other man through “multiple interactions [and] knew what he looked like.”
In response to the suit at the time it was filed, the defense said Flatten “was acting in his official capacity as a … police officer and performing discretionary acts in the scope of his duties with a good faith belief his conduct was lawful, constitutional, proper and pursuant to probable cause.”
Gilbert said in a statement released Tuesday by the ACLU that “it was horrible to be walking to work and be accused of being a completely different Black man. I hope this will stop other officers from doing this to other Black men in Minnesota.”
ACLU attorney Ian Bratlie also issued a statement Tuesday that read, “We’re happy to have helped Derrick and sorry that he had to go through this. Black men should not have to worry about being over-policed in our society. It’s unjust, evil and un-American.”
The attorney representing the city and Flatten has been asked why the defendants chose to settle the suit, rather than go on trial.
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Nearly 3½-year term for teen who stole pricey dog while it was being walked in St. Paul
A 19-year-old man has received a prison term of nearly 3½ years for stealing a pricey dog from a woman in St. Paul and then trying to sell her pet for a quick buck.
Lonnie Ray Jenkins, 19, of St. Paul, was sentenced in Ramsey County District Court after pleading guilty to first-degree aggravated robbery in connection with the theft of the French bulldog-Boston terrier mix named Clementine on April 24 near the intersection of York Avenue and Arkwright Street.
With credit for time in jail after his arrest, Jenkins is expected to serve about 2¼ years of his term in prison and the balance on supervised release.
The criminal complaint referred to another male involved in the crime, but police have yet to announce an additional arrest.
According to the complaint:
The dog’s owner said she Clementine, also affectionately called Tiny, were on their way to get ice cream late in the afternoon when two males started following her. She crossed the street out of concern for her safety, and the two males did the same. Once she got to her front steps, one male pushed her to the ground while the other grabbed Tiny and ran off.
The woman told police that Tiny is worth thousands of dollars and is embedded with an electronic identification chip. She feared that if Tiny didn’t get her medication, the dog would fall ill, she said.
Surveillance video showed two males walking in the area and wearing masks. Moments later an SUV picked up the males with Tiny.
