Yep, this recent story is beyond the pale but so was the Castile story and it took this for the community to rally. Officer shot from inside the car, across his partners body, and killed an unarmed reporter of a crime in her PJ's? How many people will that cause NOT to call the cops in the future?I haven't posted anything on this case yet as I was waiting for more facts to come out. At this point, I do think that they are preparing to charge Officer Mohamed Noor with manslaughter. Given that he is not talking and there is no video or audio from the shooting, this will be a hard case to make. I am pretty sure that Noor's parter and the Police Union will come up with some story for the court room, like in the Castile case. I am pretty sure that Noor will not be convicted.
In my personal opinion, I think Minneapolis Police Chief Jane Harteau resigned today as it was foreseeable that there would be some significant political backlash against her, given the specific circumstances of the case, given that this is yet another unjustifiable police shooting, and given that it will take a while until they even charge Noor.
I don't know if people are discussing his ethnicity due to his race or rather to the Somalian culture and experience.. . .
Seems to be a lot of discussion on the officers ethnicity and I'm not sure why it matters. It seems that the trading of younger officers is under indictment and probably should be. This is not a race issue. Both officers were newer minority officers but in both cases their willingness to just pulled a trigger is sobering to all citizens.
The Place To Be
Good grief. Both Jasmine Damond's death and Philando Castile's death are equally despicable. There actually should be white folk and black folk marching shoulder to shoulder in protest of all criminals wearing badges, of which Noor and Yanez are but a minuscule fraction of.
I can't believe the political correctness on display here. Noor's "ethnicity" has little to nothing to do with this - it's that he's a muslim. You do yourselves no favors to disregard this in an attempt to not appear bigoted towards muslims. They will kill you if they're so-inclined whether you lie about the real threat they pose to the world or not.
Blues
I agree, however I fear that the PC goes back to at least two years ago with Noor's hiring. Anytime qualifications are fudged, whether it is to get soldiers allowed on the front line, or certain ethnic or religious groups in police departments, society as a whole suffers.
It does make one wonder.Link Removed
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