ARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) A small protest that was advertised as a "peaceful demonstration" by a local Somali activist group turned into a confrontation outside the Valley News Live studios on Sunday.
Protestors confronted a Valley News Live photographer as she attempted to shoot video of the event.
Fargo Police removed the protestors from the KVLY property.
Moorhead Mayor Del Rae Williams and Fargo's Deputy Mayor Mike Williams also showed up for the event. Both support refugee resettlement in the area.
The group demonstrated because they said they were upset over reporter Bradford Arick's story on the risk of latent tuberculosis in local refugee communities.
Our story presented data and facts from the CDC, State of Minnesota and State of North Dakota on the numbers of latent TB cases in the refugee population.
The State of Minnesota says 22% of refugees in that state carry latent TB while only active TB cases bars someone from entering the country. ...
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