John Nagel
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“We have Somali gangs, we have Asian gangs, we have Black gangs, we have Latino gangs, and we need a gang task force.”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel claimed the gang issue extends beyond Somali gangs and called for a gang task force.
“Primarily, they deal in guns. They buy and sell guns, illicit guns. They're also the ones that know how to take and remove some parts and basically turn a pistol into a little mini machine gun. That's what we saw in Bloomington and Eden Prairie, you know, where all of those rounds were expanded.”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel described how Somali gangs traffic in illicit guns and modify pistols into automatic weapons, citing incidents in Bloomington and Eden Prairie.
“The people that voted for you have a right to know if they can trust you, and as a politician, I would be doing everything I could to make sure that I maintain that trust. And right now, I don't see much trust in what she's doing.”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel argued that as a public figure Omar owes transparency to her voters and that he sees little trust in her current actions.
“immediately attacked by the Somali community.”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel said Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher was called a racist and attacked by the Somali community after identifying Somali gang violence as a problem a year ago.
“They don't necessarily deal in drugs yet. They're kind of a low-level gang, but they're still vicious,”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel characterized Somali gangs as low-level but vicious, noting they primarily deal in guns rather than drugs.
“And of course, you know, the media loves that, and they went right along with it,”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel criticized media coverage for going along with attacks on Sheriff Fletcher after he raised concerns about Somali gang violence.
“[The] problem was, he was right. There was a Somali gang problem.”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel said Sheriff Fletcher was right when he identified a Somali gang problem a year prior.
“It's a very serious accusation, and we definitely want due process,”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel commented on the criminal probe into Rep. Ilhan Omar for potentially falsifying information on her immigration paperwork.
“She deserves the same investigation that everybody else would have, and in her own words, no one is above the law.”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel said Omar deserves due process and the same investigation as anyone else, invoking her own words that no one is above the law.
“So, we're in a really good spot because we've now all come out and said, 'Yes, we have a Somali gang problem,' and that being called a racist doesn't have a sting to it anymore,”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel said local officials have finally acknowledged the Somali gang problem and that the accusation of racism has lost its sting.
“We have two problems in Minnesota. We have a terrorist problem, which you saw with the Mall of America — thank God that the FBI actually took care of that before anybody got in there — and then we have a Somali gang problem,”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel, a career law enforcement officer who spent 30 years as a state trooper, described Minnesota's gang and terrorism problems in an interview with Fox News Digital.
“So yes, as far as I'm concerned, Somalia comes first in her life, and we are nothing more than a piggy bank for her.”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel concluded that Omar views Somalia as her first love and sees the United States as merely a piggy bank.
“However, it would be very simple if you are innocent to be able to come up with the paperwork, do the DNA sample. I mean, there are a lot of things that you could do that put a lot this behind you, and I would think that as a politician, you know, you're not a private person anymore, you're a public person,”
John Nagel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29
Nagel said it would be simple for Omar to clear up misunderstandings about her immigration status by producing paperwork and taking a DNA sample.