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Latest post made by Sara Bergen at 2007 Sep 19 14:49 UTC

From: Madeline Douglass Date: 2007 Sep 15 14:25 UTC Short link

On Wednesday night Mark Loesch took his newly built
bicycle for a ride...he was found barely breathing
on the lawn of a house at 3700 Elliot Ave So...

He died Thursday morning.

When I heard about this Thursday, I thought he'd
been hit by a car...apparently he was beaten...

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1423126.html

In a post about the recent beating of Azia restuarant
owner Tom Tham...I mentioned this incident on the
Midtown Greenway


http://midtowngreenway.org/coalition/Assault_Aug_2007.html

Was Mark attacked by a "Knock Out" gang?

I repeat...What the heck is going on here?

These incidents seem to vanish from the media with little followup...what
actions are neighborhood associations taking...how are the police responding
to this...????

In his post: Critical Mass Takes Over Mpls on Sunday!

Charley Underwood said re the Minneapolis Bike Tour on
Sunday (in jest):

"Scramble the helicopters!  Break out the
mace!  Charge up the tasers!  The bike mob is coming to Minneapolis and they
are taking over our city!"

Mike and his wife Samantha planned to ride in the bike
tour on Sunday.

Bike mob...take over our city...do whatever
it takes to bring the people enacting this violence
to justice!



Madeline Douglass
Kingfield
Downtown East

From: harry greenberg Date: 2007 Sep 17 14:36 UTC Short link

it's a really good question Madeline. At times like this, i really wish i could
summon my psychic powers and get some better info as to who is perpetuating
these brutal acts of violence.  i myself was 5 blocks from Elliot  on my
bicycle that evening (Wednesday) and realize that it could have easily been me
that was targeted.
i am mostly concerned that witnesses are not stepping forward as it is hard to
believe that someone did not see a man being beaten to death at 10:00 PM on a
weekday evening in a very busy part of town.
These acts require our increased vigilance and community involvement-and
on-going connection with our neighbors...we cannot easily live our lives
without feeling a sense of security and safety..though these acts completely
undermine them-

From: Wizard Marks Date: 2007 Sep 17 17:13 UTC Short link

Harry Greenberg: "At times like this, i really wish i could summon my psychic
powers and get some better info as to who is perpetuating
these brutal acts of violence."

Because of the location of the murder, the most likely suspects would be
members of the Rolling Thirties Bloods. This criminal family has many members
in Stillwater and St. Cloud prisons, while at least one of them resides in
Leavenworth Fed. prison. However, many more of them live right around where the
homicide happened. Within the Rolling 30s, rarely will you find a male family
member without a scar from a bullet. I can no longer count how many of them
have been murdered by rival gangs or by each other.

As I have observed members of this family over the last 35 years, I have noted
that there is no law, rule, general rule of thumb, curtesy which they are
willing to agree to abide by. From the time they first start walking, they are
more or less on their own. They are not reared, they are dragged up by the
hair. With few exceptions, their base income comes from the county and is
hugely supplemented through their self-created black market economy.

Murder, assault with and without a weapon, fencing stolen goods,  prostitution,
drugs, auto theft and theft from autos, burglary, bicycle theft, very expensive
vandalism (not including graffiti) are some of the statutory crimes they
collectively have committed. They pride themselves on never having had to buy a
bicycle.

They generally travel in packs, in cars, on bicycles, and on foot. They are
predatory. The women are equally predatory, though in sometimes different ways.

One grandmother of this family, who usually has several of her teen and young
adult male grandchildren sitting on the front steps in good weather, lives only
three blocks from where Mr. Loesch was murdered. The mother of many of them
lives on Bloomington between 31st and 38th. The children occupy apartments
throughout the area around the mothers and grandmothers. Though I do not know
this, I suspect that the mothers and grandmothers are the
brains/organizers/primary figures behind this gang. Most of the members of the
Rolling 30s are members of one extended family.

From: Sara Bergen Date: 2007 Sep 18 14:11 UTC Short link

Mark Loesch Memorial Walk/Bike

Residents of the Kingfield Neighborhood would like to honor and remember Mark
Loesch.  We will retrace Mark's last bike ride as close as we know.  We will
walk/bike from MLK Park to the 3700 block of Elliot Ave (1.2 miles) where the
Residents of the Powderhorn Neighborhood will join us.  Together we will stop
to honor the memory of Mark and then proceed back to MLK Park.

Please feel free to bring flowers to lie at the site where Mark was found or to
bring candles/ lights as we spend a few minutes to remember and reflect.

When: Wednesday, September 19 at 6:30pm
Where: Meet at Martin Luther King Park (4051 Nicollet Ave. S. - outside the
Nicollet Ave. doors)

The route will be as follows: Starting from MLK Park we will cross the 40th
Street Pedestrian Bridge.  We will then walk to Elliott Avenue and take Elliot
Avenue to 37th Street.  Please join us when and where you can. . .

Residents from Kingfield, Bryant, Bancroft and Powderhorn neighborhoods and
others who knew Mark or would like to show their support to the family and
friends are invited to participate.

Neighborhood Citizen Patrol members are encouraged to wear their vests.

Please forward this notice on to those who you know would like to join in the
walk.

Contact Linda Shay at <email obscured> 612-325-2754 or Catherine Myers at
<email obscured> 612.845.0912 with any questions.

From: Paul Nelson Date: 2007 Sep 18 21:33 UTC Short link

I wish to add the the following, announced today in the Star-Trib:

Donations may be made to the Mark Loesch Memorial Fund at Associated Bank, 5353
Wayzata Blvd., St. Louis Park, MN 55416.

Paul Nelson
Ward One
Saint Paul

From: Sara Bergen Date: 2007 Sep 19 14:49 UTC Short link

This blog entry was forwarded to me by a friend.  It is a blog entry by one of
Mark's friends.

http://ppgwave.blogspot.com/2007/09/missing-mark-loesch.html

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