Self-defense? She was an unarmed woman in pajamas who approached the squad car window because she had called the police for help. This is a familiar pattern: Islamic supremacists always claim that whatever they did was someone else’s fault. Muzzammil Hassan, the Buffalo, New York moderate Muslim leader who beheaded his wife, claimed she beat him, and he was just defending himself. Turkan Lowmani, who stabbed his wife 21 times, claimed that his wife “had grabbed the knife first and he had taken it from her before a struggle ensued.” 68-old-year Komar Uddin, accused of raping a teenage girl, claimed she made all the advances upon him.
And now this. Mohamed Noor may get away with this, because in Minneapolis today, to doubt his word might be “Islamophobic.” But he still stands as a monument to the error, still uncorrected, of hiring police officers based on their race and religion rather than on their competence.
“Noor signals he’ll plead not guilty in Ruszczyk killing,” by Jon Collins, MPR News, April 25, 2018 (thanks to J.):
Attorneys for former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor filed a court document Wednesday saying that the officer intends to plead not guilty on charges filed against him in the shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk last July.
Noor was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter last month in the killing of Ruszczyk, known professionally as Justine Damond. She’d called 911 to report what she thought was an assault in the alley behind her home in Minneapolis on July 15. Prosecutors say Noor fatally shot Ruszczyk through the open driver’s side window after she approached the squad car from behind.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said when he announced charges that there was “no evidence that Officer Noor encountered a threat, appreciated a threat, investigated a threat or confirmed a threat that justified his decision to use deadly force.”
The document filed Wednesday is called a rule nine disclosure. It states that Noor intends to rely on defenses at trial that include arguing that he’s not guilty, that it was self-defense and that it was a reasonable use of force….
Minneapolis police announced shortly after the charges that Noor was no longer with the department. He is currently free on bail….
Steve K says
Unarmed 40 year old women in pajams are very very dangerous. This is obviously self defense.
YEAH RIGHT
jihad3tracker says
HELLO STEVE — And to everyone else who reads this JW post. Go down to the item’s end. There you will see a “Help us cover this story” request. So, let us comply ! ! ! The reporter’s contact path is:
jon.collins (at) mpr.org. SEND HIM A HOTLINK TO ROBERT SPENCER’S RESPONSE — ABOVE.
ALSO INCLUDE UNPLEASANT REALITY ABOUT THE PERPETUAL VICTIMHOOD STRATEGY OF ISLAM. Dr. David Wood mentions that in his “Three Stages Of Jihad” video, so suggest that Mr. Collins take time to watch it.
You might want to wake him up about MUHAMMAD’S MASS MURDERS (between 600 & 900 bound prisoners of the Jewish Banu Qurayza). Plus his career as a thief (stealing from caravan traders), plus torturing a man to get hidden money, plus pedophile intercourse with a nine year old, plus keeping black sex slaves, plus insisting that his followers shave their pubic hair and pee while squatting.
GIVE MR. COLLINS THE ENTIRE PATHOLOGICAL PANORAMA OF A “PROPHET” WHO DEVOUT MUSLIMS CONSIDER TO BE THE IDEAL MAN.
Phil Copson says
Definitely “Noor way to treat a lady…..”
Joy Beum says
That IS the way muslims treat ladies!
jrw says
Maybe if you were buzzed on khat you would be able to understand it wasn’t his fault. In their culture, Women are things, not really people. They are simple property. Whats the big deal? You can buy them in the market. The mayor no longer mayor had a gay police chief, and muslims on the force Very politicall correct.
Here is Noor’s interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rcIJIWqYmo&t=130s
LUIS MARTINEZ says
Stop making everything about Jihad, you see Muslims in your cornflakes. This was a rookie cop who panicked, could have been Catholic, Mormon, Protestant, Jehova’s Witness, etc.
gravenimage says
Noor was known to be nervous and incompetent. He was only kept on the force because he was proof that they were not “Islamophobic”.
And now a woman is dead–and the “filthy Infidels” are supposed to ignore that.
Diane Harvey says
This should please her Australian parents.
Salome says
It’s in the Australian papers. Australians generally are not pleased.
Ray Sears says
That’s putting it mildly, very mildly !
Asally says
I would think they wouldn’t be, especially if they saw this photo of a smug lawyer and the not-too-sad Noor. And why SHOULD they worry? They both know that in Minneapolis they can get enough Scandinavian doofs to let him off. As we all know, the life of a white woman is pretty low on the scale for a proper Muslim guy.
And the ladies in the Cities should rest easy, knowing that this is the kind of thug who is out there protecting them.
It is fine that he is “no longer with the force” but the next one fired should be the one who hired him and the one after that the one who was hanging the crepe paper streamers and balloons for his grand hiring ceremony in Minneapolis.
Kasey says
Three supposedly different insane Muslims, 2 in cars and one with a knife, perpetrated mass murder here last year.
Authorities here have already put the knife one away indefinitely as mentally deranged, and there seems little doubt that the same will happen to the other two this year at their trials, on the same basis.
The old story that it has nothing to do with Islam will get peddled, with no recognition that the roots of the problem all come from the content of Islamic indoctrination and the form of temporary Islamic insanity it can produce
Mo Better says
Perhaps, more accurately, muslime behavior of this type can be attributed to 1400 years of enthusiastic and continuous muslime inbreeding!
CogitoErgoSum says
I’m surprised his attorney did not go with the mental illness defense. But maybe they can work in the angle that Noor was defending himself from a woman who was possessed by the devil. That could then possibly morph its way into a mental illness defense.
Hey, is that Noor’s attorney in the picture above … black suit, black hat and all? Are hats making a comeback in men’s fashion? That’s kind of cool. The feather in the hat-band adds a nice touch too. What if the prosecuting attorney were to wear suspenders like Spencer Tracy’s in “Inherit the Wind.” Now that would be totally awesome.
jihad3tracker says
HELLO C.E.S. — Thank you for a chuckle in the middle of Islam’s ceaseless blood soaked calendar. YES, THE SPLENDID WARDROBE OF NOOR’S LAWYER — confirming my opinion that counsel for high profile clients consists of egotistical shmucks.
There is a scene in one of Spencer Tracy’s movies, in which he plays the father of a self-centered Juris-Doctor degree daughter. Asked by his wife about the advisability of marrying daughter’s also JD degree beau, he says “No. They would just produce more little lawyers, and that wouldn’t be a good idea.”
CogitoErgoSum says
Spencer Tracy would have been a great lawyer in real life since a good lawyer is also a good actor. Read this:
https://blogs.findlaw.com/strategist/2014/12/should-lawyers-take-acting-classes.html
If that really is Noor’s lawyer in the picture, I’m expecting him to put on a good show. Noor will probably receive instruction regarding some useful acting techniques himself.
PO'd in Canuckistan says
Oh how I would like to be on that jury.
Frank Anderson says
Many of us who read and write here would like to but should not because we would be removed for cause if we told the truth and would taint the conviction on appeal if we lied. A squeaky clean trial gives the best chance a conviction will survive all appeals.
Kasey says
Yes! Especially. when they believe jinns are everywhere.
Dale Carpenter says
If he had been shot he would have been a “Victim” (because he is Islamic). He kills an unarmed woman and he is a “Victim” (because he is Islamic).
We are in the end times and this logic is to be expected…however, we should seek to keep out of this country all who will not assimilate and all who do not share our founding fathers Judeo/Christian values as represented in the Declaration of Independence and The Constitution.
Linda says
Self defense? What the hell!?! He sounds to skittish to be a cop in the first place. He should go to jail for life.
Stacy Girl says
Yes he should. This was an entirely avoidable tragedy. Let’s reverse the roles: he’s an Anglo police officer and she’s a muslima. The blood price would be in the millions.
HugoHackenbush says
Nothing shines the light of truth on something than the test of reversal.
jihad3tracker says
HELLO STACY + HUGO —- Excellent spot on analysis.
Joy Beum says
I have been following this and read that several people lodged complaints about hos aggressive, unprofessional behavior prior to this incident.
HugoHackenbush says
Blaming others for one’s own faults is a sign of arrested development; endemic in the Muslim world (along with castration anxiety). See Raphael Patai’s “The Arab Mind” for details. Note that via the spread of Islam there was also a spread of “Arabization” in all its dimensions.
jihad3tracker says
HELLO HUGO — Yes, as you write, “Blaming others for one’s own faults is a sign of arrested development . . ” JW readers who have not yet read a superb item by Dr. Nicolai Sennels (“WHY CREATES MONSTERS”) should carve some time from our overloaded schedules to do so.
And, to understand the FOUNDATIONAL CONTEXT for such a dysfunctional human personality, watch Dr. David Wood’s “The Psychology Of Islam”. It is a LONG three-part video — probably too time-consuming for most of us
My suggestion is to view only PART TWO. David explains how Muhammad’s genuinely tragic early years warped his mind. The violent bloodthirsty god “Allah” came from a “prophet” who desperately needed psychotherapy.
Ray Sears says
Mohammad didn’t need psychotherapy, he needed killing PERIOD !
gravenimage says
True, Hugo, jihad3tracker, and Ray.
Frank Anderson says
An absurd claim of self defense in this case can only inflame the jury into refusing to believe a word the “accused” and his lawyer say. I sat on a jury where the defendant’s attorney was candid from his first words and careful in every step to avoid discrediting himself or his client from a really awful situation. His client was convicted, but of manslaughter instead of murder, mostly because of the careful candor of his lawyer. Last I heard more than a decade ago, that lawyer became the chief prosecutor in the local DA’s office.
This lawyer’s claim could easily be at the demand of the client. When serving as appointed defense attorney, I have had a few clients demand trials on clear cases that some conviction was all but certain. They got their trial and opportunity to make their pitch; but they still got convicted because judges and juries, for the most part, are not fools. Making an argument is limited only by the requirement that there be some “good ground” to support it. “A lawyer’s duty of zealous advocacy of his client’s interest is limited by an equally solemn duty to uphold the law and standards of ethical conduct.” Nix v. Whiteside, 475 U.S. 157 (1986) But based on what has been reported, the argument looks both weak and more likely to produce a furious response from the judge and jury.
Bob Carrillo says
Where is the post killing toxicology report on the two MPD officers??? Can you say khat? Just spitball’in here..
He had 3 additional complaints lodged against him in his short 2 year “rookie” MPD career, and ALL from WOMEN…
Speaking of which, wouldn’t you like the see the pre-“fast-track” police academy training program psychological testing screen on this fella?.
j_not_a says
What I’d like to know is what in hell he was defending himself against that he felt he must react by shooting to kill her? Was she wielding a bat, a brick, or, heaven forbid, did she fling open her robe and reveal her womanly shape at poor defenceless Noor? He must have felt he had no recourse but to put an end to the horror that beheld him! (I am not making light of this woman’s fate whatsoever)
Self defence! What a joke and mockery of Justine Damond’s life and passing. The reasoning behind this ridiculous decision should be “interesting” to say the least.
Nan says
Yes, he was endangered by western mores that allow women to go outside, st night, alone, in their pajamas.
Maxine says
You just hit the nail on the head! And in their Islamic Barbaric Beliefs, they have no problem Killing. NONE. what bothers me he is out of Bail and their are many more of them here in the US!
gravenimage says
Yes–just grotesque.
somehistory says
Pleading self-defense is an affirmative defense. He has some proving to do.
If he just said not guilty, and left it to the prosecutor, it would be easy since the other officer would have to say he saw the murderer shoot his gun and kill the unarmed woman.
With the addition of the claim of self defense, it puts some burden on his attorney to prove he felt his life was in danger from the victim.
Rob Crawford says
Free on bail and seeing how he can get to Somalia.
Ginny says
No welfare in Somalia. Bet he heads for Germany under about 12 false identities like everybody else.
Peggy says
I am guessing that she was approaching the driver’s side of the car. If that is he case then his partner should’ve felt threatened by her and “defended” himself.
How come a cop on the other side of the car feels more threatened that the driver whom she was approaching? Clearly a woman in pyjamas approaching the car after she was asked to meet the police there is a huge threat. I seem to recall that she was asked by the police to approach them. I might be wrong. Hopefully someone will correct me if I am remembering incorrectly.
Shmoovie says
Not sure about her being asked by police to speak to them– but I clearly recall original reports that Ms. Damond had been conversing with the other officer when Noor fired. That detail seemed to disappear fairly quickly; I suspect because it would make the “surprised and feeling threatened” story from Noor sound nonsensical. The whole thing was one huge messy confusion and local leaders did nothing to help clear any of it.
Citizens of Mpls who were and still are furious over this case apparently are meant to be satisfied/quieted by the news that Noor is no longer with MPD. That’s supposed to be enough to shut down further discussion among the ‘phobic types in this city, and anywhere else people remember and still give a damn.
Maxine says
She was at the Drivers side of the car. And this Nut, shot right across the front of the officer driving! I think period, it is their beliefs and He did not like a Woman outside at night, and in her Pajama’s and felt that is enough to be sentenced to death. The difference is, Muslims kill their woman, torture, Etc all the time. Just so happens, He should have Never Been a Police Officer, but was and had that Gun he could use! America and these stupid Politicians better wake up. Its like putting a rabid Dog in a room with a Kid over and over again, and swearing, it will learn kindness.after each time it still ends up biting.
Michael Copeland says
“As dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog”
Winston Churchill
gravenimage says
Yes–the only way this would have had any validity would be if he thought his *parter* was under threat, which clearly he was not.
dan christensen says
Presumably officer Noor can be sued by the womans family if he for political reasons dodges conviction. Just like the O.J. Simpson case.
Frank Anderson says
He can be sued if it is filed within the statute of limitations for such claims. Waiting for the outcome of the criminal case risks missing the deadline. Filing suit before the close of the criminal case risks tainting the criminal case. An experienced, currently licensed and practicing Minnesota lawyer could provide far better thoughts. If the deadline to file the civil suit is missed, there is no claim. In some states the limit for wrongful death can be a short as a year, and some have 2 year statutes. Every state has its own law for its own reasons. Other claims could have different times, which is why advice from a local attorney could really help make better decisions. As long as the deadline does not pass the civil suit can be filed whether or not there is a conviction; and it is highly likely the officer and department have substantial insurance coverage. This could teach a valuable lesson on “expedited hiring”.
Peggy says
Thank you for helping us grasp this situation.
Frank Anderson says
Peggy, the practice of law involves a lot of *opinions*. There is a reason that a law license in most states requires 3 full-time or 4 part-time years of law school at the doctoral level (after a bachelor’s degree). Then a 3 day bar exam is required, which is not “open book”. A little of what is seen on television is accurate. But there are always details where a little explaining can help avoid the “deep end of the pool” that anger and rage can lead to entering.
There are 2 basic divisions of lawyers. One is those who are suspended, disbarred, or never licensed and pretend they are lawyers. Those are prohibited from engaging in the practice of law at all. The practice of law is defined as advising others regarding rights and duties, including rendering opinions or passing on documents. The other division is those who are currently licensed and practicing, who are licensed and inactive, or like me, retired. Those have an ethical duty under the Code of Professional Responsibility and Rules of Professional Conduct to alert non-lawyers to their rights and duties. In the case of inactive and retired, the next obligation is to refer those so advised to contact a currently licensed and practicing attorney for the latest and best information.
Obviously there are many issues where discussion including legal information and analysis can be helpful. My participation helps me remain alert and prepares me for more novel issues that many lawyers like to avoid. I am sure other lawyers will disagree with me, and welcome their thoughts and participation. This is how we learn.
gravenimage says
Thanks, Frank.
duh swami says
Did he see a weapon? Having been in shoot or not shoot situations, I don’t buy this guys story…
Frank Anderson says
The more incredible his story, the more likely the judge or jury will not believe it.
Ginny says
Never underestimate the delusion of a politically correct jury. Judging the willing ignorance and inclinations if most Minneapolisites, I bet he walks.
Frank Anderson says
Ginny, you may be correct. I would not bet. But remember, there is dual sovereignty, he can face state charges in state court and federal charges in federal court, plus a civil suit in one or the other. There is a long expensive road ahead.
TassieR says
Sure – if the judge isn’t some Islamophobia-fearing leftie…
Paddy says
He better be good at self-defence when he gets slung into slam.
ronyvo says
But, I submit, what happened is not the Muslim’s fault. It never is. THIS IS THE FAULT OF WHOEVER GAVE HIM THIS JOB. It is OUR fault that we allow such criminals in our countries. When are we (westerners) going to realize this fact?
AP says
Guilty as charged, end of story
Niemoller says
Islamosupremacism is a combination of extreme arrogance and incompetence. I’ve noticed several times how close Muslima drivers in hijab come to hitting pedestrians, including myself. It’s like they are going around an obstacle, not a human.
WPM says
Driving with a hijab on must be like driving with horse blinders on .
Peter says
OF COURSE!
Muslims interacting with any woman will plead they are attacked by women whom they can’t control.
Lebel says
US cops have shot plenty of unarmed people in recent years. There’s video out there of handcuffed people getting the shit kicked out of them and worse.
but this is jihadwatch and this cop has Somali roots = therefore Muslim = therefore evil.
So in his case it is not a mistake, it is an act of jihad and he is an islamic supremacist. As is every bad thing (from murder to theft to harsh language) ever done by anyone with a Muslim name.
]]ust rename this hate site to personwithmuslimnamewatch.
HugoHackenbush says
The real issue is the issue of why he was on the force in the first place. Prior articles have noted the push to have a “diverse” police force to serve “the community” and so there is a high probability that standards were lowered so as to have a Somali Muslim on the force. The less qualified the person the more likely it is that poor decisions will be made. In this case the officer made a VERY poor decision.
Lebel says
Fine but then why put it on jihadwatch? this is not jihad.
HugoHackenbush says
The issue is the inappropriate promotion (via recruitment of its adherents) of an ideology which at its core is violent, totalitarian and supremacist. There is a cultural aspect to jihad and therefore such material is of interest to a site such as this.
gravenimage says
There is violent Jihad and there is stealth Jihad–including infiltrating police forces. Lebel demands we ignore the threat of Jihad.
Kasey says
The prosecution in this case needs to realize his indoctrination easily makes him* a potential closet jihadist, ready to obey Allah’s commands to kill Infidels where ever you find them. Here was an opportunity for that and one that could be gotten away with. That scenario is not unrealistic, and no doubt, gets enacted by some Muslims when ever the chance arises.
*as a loner, his logic status has little to refer to but the internet, where radicalization is rampant.
Frank Anderson says
We don’t know the pressure applied to the prosecutor by the people who hired on an “expedited” short cut basis this “officer”. We don’t know if the prosecutor is sufficiently independent to perform the ethical duties required to keep his license. How is the prosecutor and for that matter the judge selected; and how can they be replaced if they do not “tow the liberal line”? Where corruption exists, it is pervasive, from the lowest to the highest levels, and everywhere in between. This case is an embarrassment to the liberal, collaborator agenda, and is being prepared for minimization at every opportunity. Just watch and see.
Rarely says
Is it not fairly standard practice to plead “not guilty” at first instance while evaluating the potential defences and/or mitigating factors as well as to facilitate plea bargaining? In Canada, and I presume in the U.S. as well, counsel must follow the client’s instruction to go to trial regardless how flimsy the defence.
Frank Anderson says
I believe, and welcome correction from anyone who knows better, that an affirmative defense must be claimed early in the process or it is waived unless some special circumstance (like newly discovered evidence) arises, possibly, in some courts, at the initial plea hearing. It is standard almost always to enter a “not guilty” plea to claim/preserve the right to a trial. But I can see where entering the affirmative defense instead makes sure the claim is available to present at trial. On these facts I can see where an honest jury and a fair judge would have a hard time accepting the pitch.
In the US it is a good idea to read the Supreme Court case of Nix v. Whiteside to understand what was written about the limitations of a lawyer’s duty to follow the client’s instructions. As long as the instructions do not violate the law and the lawyer’s ethical requirements, they should be followed whether or not the instructions reflect bad judgment.
I had a case as appointed defense lawyer for a man who demanded a trial when he should have taken the plea offered by the prosecution. The case was tried; he lost; it hurt. He got a fair trial before a judge I consider to be the most honest and righteous I have appeared before.
utis says
If the jury lets him off, any cop of any color should claim “self defense” and win. Every time. BLM and the libtards can’t have it both ways.
JM says
The jury selection process in this case will be very revealing.
Sheepsqueezer says
Bear in mind Noor’s gun was positioned less than a foot from his partner’s head when he unleashed a volley of three shots into Miss Diamonds abdomen. This is excessive and careless . I , for one , am not buying it.
762x51FMJ says
The defense could have been that Noor came from a war torn Somalia and grew up with explosions, gunshots, and Islamic murders happening all around.
Working around the 4th of July with all the fireworks and people barbecuing pork ribs, partying and walking around it is very stressful for muslims.. when people celebrate something they cant understand…freedom.
A loud firework, she slaps back of the car, she appears in driver window holding a cell phone, he fires instinctively but unintentionally.
Using the above defense in a plea for mercy.
But his defense is pleading that it was a justified shooting, with pajamas and armed with a cell phone Justine maliciously approached the squad car, aiming her cell phone at the police she yelling ” Bang” and so she deserved to be shot….
Now if the jury doesn’t buy this he could be found guilty of intentional homicide.
Hogdude says
I don’t live in Minnesota. However, this is an interesting case. Hopefully one of the contributors here will fully inform us when the case is disposed of (if ever).
Jose Rivera says
this will inflame the jury, especially women jurors….this muslim cop MURDERED her…plain and simple and now he’s a coward…of course
Bezelel says
So much for his conscience playing a role. Entering a not guilty can be expected as a bargain tool for a better deal. Self defense? = No mercy for him.
seabird says
3rd degree Murder, 2nd degree Manslaughter.
They’ll probably make a deal and drop the murder charges, Noor takes the manslaughter charges and probably serves 18 months in jail (if at all).
Noor’s partner, who was almost killed too by this idiot and knows exactly what happened, will never have to testify.
Justine’s family needs to sue the City, the mayor, the police chief and the Australian Govt. should place a “travel advisory” on Minnesota.
It’s the only way Justine will ever get any justice from that corrupt City.
Rarely says
Frank Anderson
The “affirmative defence” concept you stated would explain why the plea specifically refers to “self-defence”.at this stage. Presumably it could be amended later.
In your example re: ethical behavior it is usually (if not always) good to know your judge. I ran into too many judges of the “intellectually dishonest” variety during a brief career in civil litigation. Some people feel the term “criminal lawyer” is redundant.
Frank Anderson says
You are correct, in my opinion, on both counts. Just because the affirmative defense is claimed, preserved, raised, does not mean that it will be presented at trial. As long as the defendant provides the require notice to the prosecution he may or may not present his affirmative defense. The prosecution has the burden of proof and therefore goes first. If the prosecution fails to present a case, the motion to dismiss that is routine at that point (the close of the prosecution’s case) will be granted. The defendant’s motion to dismiss at the end of the prosecution’s case is required by rules of criminal procedure, generally, in order to later make a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict at the end of the case if a conviction is returned. Both motions are almost always denied at trial but pave the way for an appeal.
I spent great time in my honestly unsuccessful practice knowing the judges I appeared before. I was careful to work with clients and cases where I could help. I know other lawyers who advertised “all cases’ all courts” and made a lot more money than I did, but I do not feel they helped their clients. Some lawyers will do anything for publicity or a fee, or both. I was very pleased that I was forced by heart disease to find a way out.
Some favorite lawyer jokes that have the ring of truth: What is 50,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? What is a 55 seat bus going over a cliff with 54 lawyers and 1 empty seat? How do you know a lawyer is lying? How do you know a lawyer’s answer? Sadly, I went to law school disliking lawyers and wanting to be able to keep them from messing with me. My opinion after more than 40 years has not improved, with the exception of about 10 percent who are real champions of an honest legal system and process. Good lawyers can be found after careful search who are not buried 16 feet deep instead of the usual 6. The good ones are worth the search and the best hope all of us have to see justice in this lifetime.
Savvy Kafir says
Anyone so nervous & twitchy that they’re prone to shoot an unarmed woman in pajamas has no business carrying a gun. And they damn-sure shouldn’t be a cop.
But then it’s pretty stupid for us to have Muslims on our police forces, and in our militaries, in the first place, considering how suspect their allegiances & loyalties are. Based upon the evidence pouring in from around the world, day after day, they should all be considered potential enemies. We should not put guns in their hands, or give them life-and-death authority over non-Muslims.
No American or British government would have knowingly hired Nazis as police officers during World War II. We’re now living through World War III — a war that Muslims have declared upon us, for the same reasons they’ve always declared war on non-Muslims. We need to demand that our political “leaders” acknowledge this important fact, and begin acting accordingly.
David W. King says
This is one of the few times ever that I find myself disagreeing with Mr. Spencer and nearly all of the comments above. I live in the Twin Cities and have followed this from day one. (1) There have been repeated ambush killings of police officers around the country in the last few years. (2) All the police knew was that a call had been made claiming some threat in the neighborhood. (3) The officers were slowly creeping the ally, very dark, when suddenly they heard a loud bang on their car and a face appeared in their window. The rookie cop reacted. He should not have. But those are the circumstances. You can say “unarmed woman in pajamas”, but the officers did not know any of that. They knew loud noise, face in window suddenly. Then there’s the problem of the officer’s being Muslim. That did not dispose him to kill a woman. That disposed the Minneapolis police to rush his training so they could have their first Somali immigrant police officer. He was not adequately trained for political reasons. Third, pleading not guilty for reasons of self-defense is a normal defense strategy that has nothing to do with his being Muslim. It’s a standard plea in similar situations – gives the defendant and his attorney some bargaining power. Almost all of the comments above and the article show a lack of understanding of the facts of this situation.
TheBuffster says
David W. King – This is what I was thinking. This is a case of an under-trained rookie – under-trained and/or temperamentally unsuited to police work, but chosen for his Muslim/Somali immigrant minority category.
Noor was put in this position because the powers-that-be wanted a Somali migrant on the force regardless of suitability or preparation, instead of choosing rookies strictly on their appropriate qualities and training them thoroughly before they go out on the job.
This inane policy was the disaster that set up both Noor and Justine Damond for the tragedy in the alley.
In a given population there may be no one interested in going for a particular type of job, or among those who think they’d like to do a particular job there may be few or none actually suited to it. (There may be some in the demographic group who would be suited, but just aren’t interested.) But those who go for affirmative action solutions are – almost OCD-like – fixated on getting a certain proportion of people from each race , gender, and ethnic origin into all sorts of fields, as if there’s some law of nature that insures that every group has equal proportions of interest and ability in everything.
It’s an idiotic standard by which to hire people, and it results in wasted time for the person hired on these false pretences and, sometimes as in this case, it ends in tragedy.
gravenimage says
Minneapolis: Muslim cop who killed unarmed woman to plead self-defense
…………………..
*Repulsive* blaming of the victim. This is what Muslims do.