Hodges should resign, but even that isn’t enough. Minneapolis, and other cities, need to discard their policies of hiring people such as Mohamed Noor not because they’re competent, but because they’re of a desired ethnicity or religion. Mohamed Noor was only on the police force because he was a Somali Muslim, and thus buttressed Minneapolis’ “diversity.” Placing “diversity” and fears of “Islamophobia” charges over proper standards for the police force is what killed Justine Damond. The entire set of assumptions that led to Mohamed Noor’s being on the police force and in a position to kill Justine Damond needs to be reevaluated. Police everywhere should be hired based on their ability to do the job, not their value as a symbol to pander to a supposedly victimized community.
But yes, Hodges should resign forthwith.
“Protesters shut down Minneapolis mayor’s press conference,” by John Bowden, The Hill, July 21, 2017:
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges (D) was interrupted by protesters Friday during a press conference announcing the resignation of Police Chief Janee Harteau over the death of an Australian woman who dialed 911 for help but was fatally shot by police.
Protesters shouting for Hodges’ resignation forced the mayor into silence at the press conference, demanding changes to the police department that has “terrorized” the city.
“We ask you for your prompt resignation. We don’t want you as our mayor of Minneapolis anymore,” a man said during her press conference as Hodges looked on.
“We are asking you that you take your staff with you,” he added. “We don’t want you to appoint anybody anymore. Your leadership has been very ineffective, and if you don’t remove yourself, we’re going to put somebody in place to remove you.”
Cameras quickly turned away from the mayor and continued covering the protesters.
“Your police force has terrorized the city enough. Your press conference is ineffective because you won’t let the people in. And you didn’t want to hear us, so you hear me now,” he continued.
“We do not want you as our mayor of Minneapolis, and we’re asking you to resign,” the man added as people began to cheer.
The mayor began to speak but was drowned out by protesters. Cameras remained focused on the protesters as the mayor attempted to regain control of the briefing.
“I hear and understand,” the mayor interjected while protesters drowned her out. “For folks listening, I hear and understand….
Hodges referenced the chief’s resignation earlier in the press briefing before it was shut down by demonstrators….
ibrahim itace muhammed says
jw,why interfering with dissenting views? you only allow lies against islam?
Dwayne Austin says
Is that the best answer you can up with, It’s all lies?
john spielman says
you can hold dissenting views – so go ahead give us your best shot islam cannot be discredited any worse than by the behavior of its founder; the demon possessed mass murderer thief liar and pedophile pervert- muhammed! – his behavior is well documented in the hadiths my friend- even poor aisha having to clean the semen stains from the clothes of that evil reprobate dirty old fake prophet moe!!
Jayell says
A muslim complaining about people telling lies! Amazing!
JW_Reader says
A muzzie accusing a non-muslim of lying. It is like a skunk complaining that Giorgio Armani stinks.
RonaldB says
Semi-literate comments (I’m being generous) like ibrahim itace muhammed give the impression that the Islam threat comes from idiots. The real organized jihadis, primarily the Muslim Brotherhood and the Saudi royal family, are well-educated, politically-astute, very determined, and well-financed.
If we have continued Muslim immigration, we will get more incidents like the shooting. It’s not because the shooter necessarily tried to murder a white woman, but because organized identity groups like the Somalis leverage their numbers and apply effective political pressure to nominate Muslims, any Muslims.
I saw the protesters live on television. It was almost impossible to pick out a coherent statement from them. My impression is that the ultimate goal is to further withdraw policing from active street work, making the streets yet safer for criminals. They did, however, show the complete incompetence of mayor Hodges, who demonstrated that she can be sideswiped by any group of people ready to yell idiocies.
Dwayne Austin says
I find it PRICELESS that the hajab wearing Democrat Mayor refused to resign but demanded her lesbian police chief resign.
As noted by a media outlet in Australia, the 9-1-1 tape reveals a “critical missing two minutes.”
A timeline pieced together through the 911 calls and a newly released police incident report shows Damond was shot two minutes after police officers arrived at the alleyway behind her home.
“What it doesn’t explain is what happened in those two crucial minutes that prompted officer Mohamed Noor to draw his gun, reach over his partner and discharge his weapon through the open window, delivering a fatal shot to Ms Damond’s abdomen,” reports News.com.au, an Australian outlet.
http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/cop-who-shot-australian-woman-believed-he-was-under-ambush-report/news-story/d57c65012e0e5b257858bc068b8b4ac2
john spielman says
the lie-beral press’s heads must be exploding!
Ron Naujelis says
Something wrong our State and Federal Go. Operates towards Muslins, more incidents like yhis will happen. Radical muslins should be deported and those thatcommitted serious crimes related to terrorism after they received their sentence send to GITMO. Serious incidents are taking place wherever large groups live in various States. Some demonstrate to have Sharia Law in our states, no way deport them. We are to soft on these radicals they have no appreciation that we let them in,
Further why the hell did they come.
Then we have weak officials who continue to PC, the mayor should be fired. I don’t under stand why the officer has not made a statement.
Dwayne Austin says
“We cannot compel officer Noor to make a statement,” Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges told reporters on Tuesday. “I wish we could.”
The hajab wearing Democrat Mayor could easily demand Noor make a statement, (which could not be used against him in a criminal prosecution), or be fired, under the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493 (1967).
But since Mayor Nancy is up for re-election this November, firing Noor could end up being Mayor Nancy’s very own Black Hawk Down. http://betsyhodges.org/
Guest says
A city full of good people with a bad mayor. May they be successful in saving their home, I pray.
DiMu says
It’s a city full of loony, Left-wing PC idiots and their mayor perfectly reflects them, not to mention the lesbian police chief! They run the city and they are to blame for its PC hiring policies which would only get worse if ‘the people’ took over.
There may be more consultation with the black community and what good that does if the black community remains mired in poverty and malcontent, I can’t imagine.
You can bet your bottom dollar that the LAST thing thrown out is Political Correctness. It is in their very bones and marrow.
ElderlyZionist says
Somehow they elected her. I hope they are getting wisdom enough to repent that now.
JawsV says
Hey Betsy — how you like that Muslim diversity now?! It’s brought you down! Your downfall is due to a Muslim! Ha Ha! Karma’s a beach!
IQ al Rassooli says
Dear Americans, please always remember that as Infidels/ Kuffar/ Non Muslims, you are NOT the only ones targeted for Subjugation to Sharia or EXTERMINATION by Muslims (Arabs or otherwise) hence it is VITAL that you realize that one does not need more than two brain cells of logic to understand Muslims and Islam in a nutshell~
Since every Muslim is Sharia compliant (London mayor Khan is a prime example who made Haj to Mecca and hence Sharia compliant as well as Linda Sarsour who LOVES Sharia) every Muslim (including Abdul Sayed) cannot ever be a Law abiding LOYAL citizen in ANY non Muslim nation because these nations do not submit to Allah’s Sharia. Hence every Muslim is the mortal and eternal enemy of every non Muslim Infidel/ Kafir on planet Earth (80% of current humanity) who hide their disloyalty by PRETENDING and deceiving (Taqiyyah) non Muslims that they are loyal (such as mayor Khan and the Muslims in congress)
Every Muslim is a potential Mass Murderer the instant he/ she decides that he/she is NOT Sharia compliant enough (just like in the recent Muslim terrorist attacks in UK and the Afghani Muslim soldiers who murder their American benefactors)
I agree that Not ALL Muslims are Terrorists BUT 100% of all Terrorist attacks against Infidels/ Kuffar are committed ONLY by Muslims. Therefore, every Muslim is a hair trigger Time Bomb primed to go off (It is also a FACT that it is IMPOSSIBLE to point out who among Muslims is a terrorist or not)
Only in the WARPED imagination of leftists can one find Moderate, Militant, Radical or Extremist Muslims because in reality Muslims are Muslims just as Nazis are Nazis and no one ever addressed Nazis as Moderate, Militant, Radical or Extremist. (Just ask PM Erdogan of Turkey to prove my statements)
All other explanations are superfluous and redundant It is time for every decent and patriotic person to unshackle yourselves from the pre conceived but erroneous notion that ANYONE who is not a Muslim can make PEACE with Islam.
All anyone in doubt has to do is READ only chapters 2 to 9 of Muhammad’s Quran and watch the repeated mass slaughter of unarmed innocent European, American, Russian, Indian, Chinese, Iraqi etc. civilians by Muslims proclaiming they are doing the butchery to PLEASE their demonic god Allah
As usual, all that American citizens get from their criminally negligent leaders (such as this mayor) after every Islamic acts of murder are platitudes, meaningless expressions of sympathy to the hapless victims by the very leaders who are unwilling to protect their citizenry because of their abject denial of all Facts and Reality regarding the TRUTH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuFA1fQ-yg&feature=youtu.be&a
IQ al Rassooli
Kafir & Proud!
mohamonator says
I watched the video and I was disturbed. I DO understand that people are truly upset and want REAL ANSWERS, not the mishmash of dissembling, diversion and lies that they have received from their so called “leaders”.
But shouting down a speaker, even a hopeless left-wing twit like Betsy Hodges is just wrong. We rightly condemn such behavior by left-wing mobs, so it pains me even when it is done to someone we don’t like.
billybob says
I felt the same.These protesters who shut down Minneapolis mayor’s press conference were led by BLM in my opinion, who couldn’t care less about the woman who was killed. They are merely opportunists taking advantage of the chaos to push their own agenda.
vlparker says
I understand where you are coming from, but the way I understand this is that the people were being excluded and they had to force there way in. The mayor is the elected representative of the people and if the people are to be condemned for shouting her down then she is also to be condemned for not providing them a forum to express their grievances.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
Just another example of the Left turning against itself (very similar to Mohammadin internecine feuding and violence). Each camp vying for the most self-righteous posture in order to be the last one standing. I hope this struggle topples her. I hope every police chief watching this notes to themselves that hiring a Mohammadin can be a career killer.
John A. Marre says
This bitch says she won’t resign. No. She betrayed Americans for Somali votes. She is a traitor to this country. She bears the major blame for the killing.
mach37 says
Somali votes; were there really enough Somalis in Minnesota to get Keith Ellison elected over ANYONE else? Or the hijab-wearing Somali refugee Ilhan Omar (to state legislature)? Minnesota seems to have lost the war to Shariah.
More Ham Ed says
Someone should be locked up for:
Police Officer #1 = body camera OFF.
Police “officer” #2 = body camera OFF.
Police cruiser = dash camera OFF.
Anon says
You sound pathetically hopeless to this Minnetonka escapee. The censorship from your media has you ill informed. Worse, your school education has dumbed you down like frogs on slow boil. Lemme explain. You are absorbing an ignorant culture. You have allowed the infestation into the fabric of culture. Worst is the medical side which takes brains to do well. Death panels should be expected – early adoption in Minnesota, environs. In order not to hurt the feelings of your so called refugees your kids and you have suffered from a very low bar of knowledge, education, information. Keep God front and center because that is all that is feared by them which makes it your only weapon. Yep. Sold out by your corporate headquarters culture, Agriculture totalitarianist applications [practice monoculture much]. Truly shocking to know I cannot go to see my 98 year old mom in a former Catholic senior residential complex now all Islam/Shariaie. Even in death I will have to make all arrangements by proxy. Twitter suggested my default plan for a security escort with my dogs and me but no, now this. Geez. The pictures Betsy’s comms execs posted for days were smiling Noor and his 3 chickas, I don’t know, wives? Bigamist too? Really people. You are buried.
vlparker says
This is what you get when you elect leftist feminists, whose goals are social engineering, to positions of authority, especially community protection positions. The mayor and chief of police aren’t there to protect the community, they are there to push the leftist agenda of destroying western society.