christopher putzel is in minnesota. >> reporter: this man is responding to an urgent call. somalian woman is in trouble. >> someone has been arrested. they tell me that they are falsely accused. >> reporter: he came as a college student and stayed to start a family and create a business. >> so when i moved here in late 2005. there wasn't somali. there was less than 50, 100 people lived here then. >> with a growing somali population, he has tone on a growing roll. more than 30,000 separated in minnesota. minneapolis is home to the largest somali clienty. the somali community accounts for 10% of the population, and more than 20" noted in the school. lately they noticed a change in mood. somali's have been coming here for a while. what is different. >> it's an anti-islamic and immigrant story issue of terrorism and i.s.i.s., and is playing a role into people being afraid. fearful of neighbours. fuelling the tensions is a trouble aring reality. for -- troubling reality. although that number is a tiny fraction of the population here, the somali community is feeling the backlash.

"america tonight"s christopher putzel claims the tension remains beneath the surface. >> reporter: outsidehe justice center. protesters called out his name. 12-year-old tamir rice was shot dead by cleveland police officer timothy roman in a park. seconds after he arrived on the scene, two reports of a man with a gun. >> once again, they got away with murder. >> the outrage over rice's death still burns. >> we will have equal protection under the law. >> dante is a community activist. >> we all must look deeply within ourselves and take an examination of our justice system in america. is the law applied fairly and justly to each and every person in our nation, it's inchum an actions taken by police officers. even though they are standard policies and laws and procedures. >> given this perfect storm of human area, mistakes and miscommunications by all involved that day. the evidence didn't show. [ chanting ] >>> the prosecutor's logic did not sway protesters who took to the streets. >> they killed a child because he looked like a person called in about. that could have been me or any person.

a shocking result from christopher putzel in little wok. >> reporter: what is your biggest fear?> that i won't be here. >> why do you stay? >> i don't have no money, i don't have nowhere to go. >> reporter: on december 21st, four days before christmas, the residents of the alexander apartment complex in little rock received a notice hardly in the holiday spirit. 65-year-old caroline ford among hundreds of families told they had a week to vacate their homes because the complex was condemned. did you think you would be in a position like this? >> no. >> reporter: what will you do? >> i don't know, i really don't. >> reporter: in condemning alexander, the fire chief found conditions so bad he called them life threatening. among the problems, widespread mould, exposed wiring and others. >> i had poop running down the stairs, in the bathroom, over the floor. and i fell trying to get out of there because it was there. >> reporter: there was raw sewage from the apartment upstairs, leaking down. >> yes. >> reporter: when you moved in, did you hear stories about the place. >> yes. >> repo