Somali Pirate "Day Care Centers" Are Suddenly Filled (Well, not "Filled") With Rent-a-Kids

Bussing in Child Shields.

The Quality "Learing" Center Minneapolis, a purported day care flagged in a viral video designed to expose fraud, may have been bustling with kids Monday, but it is typically such a ghost town that it appeared closed, a local told The Post.

The resident called the kiddie scene at the site Monday -- a few days after explosive footage called it out and suggested it was part of widespread state fraud -- "highly unusual.

"We've never seen kids go in there until today. That parking lot is empty all the time, and I was under the impression that place is permanently closed," the person said.

Monday's busy parking lot and the roughly 20 kids streaming in and out as The Post staked out the site were in stark contrast to the neighbor's description and YouTuber Nick Shirley's video showing what appeared to be a facility that wasn't in use.

"You do realize there's supposed to be 99 children here in this building, and there's no one here?" Shirley asked the person answering the door to the site in his clip, which was posted online Friday.

No children appeared to be at the center at the time. The facility says its hours are Monday to Thursday, 2 to 10 p.m.

Ibrahim Ali, the son of the owner who said he was the manager, claimed to The Post on Monday that Shirley's visit came before they opened for the day.

"Do you go to a coffee shop at 11 p.m. and say, 'Hey, they're not working'?" Ali argued to The Post.

He also blamed a graphic designer for the now-infamous typo on the site's sign.

"What I understand is [the owners] dealt with a graphic designer. He did it incorrectly. I guess they didn't think it was a big issue," said Ali, 26, who claimed he helps out with homework and paperwork at the facility.

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Ali said there were about 16 kids inside the center Monday afternoon.

Sixteen? I thought 99 Phantom Children were enrolled here.

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A woman opening the center at 2 p.m. Monday said Shirley's reporting was inaccurate.

"We don't have fraud. That's a lie," she said, adding, "I don't want to talk to you. I want to talk to my lawyer."

Outside the center, another worker took out his smartphone to record a Post reporter who was asking him questions about the situation.

"Don't f--king come to this area. Get the f--k out of here," the employee said angrily.

Sounds like some of the Pirates are considering the Josh Gerstein Second Amendment Solutions.

posted by Ace at 02:28 PM

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