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First Somali Muslim on Minneapolis Force Convicted of Murder

May 1, 2019 9:00 am By Daniel Greenfield

When Justine Damond tried to report a rape, Mohamed Noor, the first Somali Muslim officer on the Minneapolis police force, killed her.

Noor claimed that he was acting in self-defense even though the woman he killed was unarmed and was, in no way, shape or form, about to attack him.

Here’s what Robert Spencer originally wrote about the case.

Mohamed Noor is a Somali Muslim. He was the first Somali Muslim on the Minneapolis police force. In 2016, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges expressed her excitement about that fact: “I want to take a moment to recognize Officer Mohamed Noor, the newest Somali officer in the Minneapolis Police Department. Officer Noor has been assigned to the 5th Precinct, where his arrival has been highly celebrated, particularly by the Somali community in and around Karmel Mall.”

Hodges wasn’t excited because Mohamed Noor had the skills necessary to become a fine police officer. She was only excited because he represented a religious and ethnic group that she was anxious to court. And it became increasingly clear — as we learned about Mohamed Noor’s nervousness and jumpiness and lack of respect for women, and from his own account of events that he relayed to friends (that he was “startled” and reacted by opening fire) — that Mohamed Noor was not cut out to be a policeman. He did not have the temperament for it, and if he hadn’t killed Justine Ruszczyk, he would likely have done something similar at some point.

Now Noor was convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter by a jury.

After the shooting, Robert noted that the first resort of politicians was to treat Somali Muslims as the victim in a case involving the murder of a woman by a Somali.

Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges immediately recognized — as authorities do everywhere after jihad attacks — that the real victim was not the woman who was killed, but the Muslim community.

And she wrote, “To the Somali community: I want you to know that you are a valued and appreciated part of Minneapolis. I stand with you and support you. The strength and beauty of the Somali and East African communities are a vital part of what makes Minneapolis so strong and beautiful. I am grateful to be your neighbor.

This week a Somali police officer, Officer Mohamed Noor, shot and killed a woman under circumstances we don’t yet comprehend. Justine Damond’s death was tragic and awful for everyone… We cannot compound that tragedy by turning to racism, xenophobia, and Islamophobia.”

Now, after Noor’s conviction, there’s more of the same.

Palmisano also reached out to “our Somali-American neighbors who have been deeply impacted by this tragedy and trial. The best way to honor Justine is to simultaneously remember the pain our Somali community has endured during this tragedy.”

They are the real victims.

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  1. Jaladhi says

    May 1, 2019 at 9:31 am

    Why don’t they all go back to Somalia taking the mayor of Minneapolis with them. They won’t be the victims as they are in America(sarc. off)

    • smoris says

      May 2, 2019 at 10:51 am

      The real victim? Justine Damond. Her family. Her fiance. Her friends and clients. Her dog. Not the Somali and East African neighborhood. They are the reason she is dead. If it were not for them and their whining and demands and the worthless, weak and pandering brainslop that is the mayor of Minneapolis and the wimpy, cowardly and negligent police force that permitted this, Justine would have made it to her wedding and be happily helping others as she did throughout her life. Minneapolis killed her as much as the Somali neighborhood, Karmek Mall and Mohammed Noor. They were all accomplices to this murder. They mayor should do time and the police authorities as well. If this is what the voters want, I would suggest every sane person find another home.

      • J D.S says

        May 3, 2019 at 11:05 am

        Place the blame at the door of Minneapolis, maybe Minnesota itself, for allowing so many Muslims to set up residence there. Don’t officials read the Koran, hadath , other writings, jurisprudence, teachings etc of islam,, before they hire people to fill sensitive, even to political office,or jobs or are they just wanting to court these misfits for some STUPID reasoning thereby causing grief to those who will be affected…
        Too many muslims are now n highly sensitive positions in many federal, state and local areas, many put there early on before Muslim atrocities where in the do it light they are today…but THE SPOT LIGHT has grown dim and blinding of the eye and deafening if the ear has contributed greatly.

        • Chiclette says

          May 3, 2019 at 4:30 pm

          Muslims have NO place in law enforcement or politics! Especially if they can’t embrace western norms, laws, etc. We are asking for problems at this rate. Take off those rose colored glasses.

  2. Ragdoll says

    May 1, 2019 at 9:40 am

    YES. And a stiff sentence too, please.

    • windrush48 says

      May 2, 2019 at 7:51 am

      Noor’s act was an act of Highest Betrayal …. he betrayed the badge the Office, his Oath, the Constitution, and this Republic …. the ONLY “suitable punishment” would be PUBLIC EXECUTION.

      • Sandra Feuerbacher says

        May 2, 2019 at 1:33 pm

        SOUNDS GREAT – WHEN CAN I ATTEND?

  3. Ti Michelle Connelly says

    May 1, 2019 at 9:40 am

    Yea! Now after her serves his time strip him of his citizenship and kick his sorry ass back to Somali.

    • Ti Michelle Connelly says

      May 1, 2019 at 9:43 am

      I hate auto-fill. He serves his time….Somalia

    • surj1936 says

      May 2, 2019 at 10:47 am

      Ti Michelle .. ” Now after he serves his time ….” Its easy said than done. Unless USA Government gets very tough .

  4. Kilauea says

    May 1, 2019 at 10:08 am

    The length of sentence will tell us a great deal about justice in cases of Muslim atrocities. American politicians like Mayor Hodges are a disgrace and her attempts to curry favor with Somali savages is appalling. She should be recalled.

    • Rufolino says

      May 2, 2019 at 4:20 am

      A democracy means votes, and candidates need votes. Candidates now need the votes of Moslems, so court and appease Moslems. Blame mass-immigration from alien cultures for this increasing disaster undermining the democratic system. Islam is incompatible with W. democracy.

      • windrush48 says

        May 2, 2019 at 7:52 am

        This country IS NOT A DEMOCRACY …… just ask our Founders!

  5. CRUSADER says

    May 1, 2019 at 10:17 am

    Time for a clean sweep.

    Keith Ellison, too.

    Minnesota needs a winter sweep and then a new spring thaw, once the harmful Muzzies there have been frozen out….

    What is it about the danger line between Muzzies and Aussies?

    It’s as if the twain should never meet.

  6. Anjuli Pandavar says

    May 1, 2019 at 10:22 am

    I’ve just read the article at the second link. Because I don’t expect the StarTribune to print my response, I’m sharing it here:

    —

    Dear Libor,

    I’ve just read you report “Noor case spurred uncomfortable conversation about race and justice,” on the StarTribune website dated May 1, 2019. This is an abysmal piece of reporting, right from the headline down. Did the case spur any conversation, uncomfortable or otherwise, about racially-motivated police recruiting? Your report doesn’t go anywhere near that question. There is no indication that you made any attempt at all to reach Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges, who so eagerly (and proudly) recruited Mohamed Noor, his race and religion apparently easily making up for his eminent unsuitability for the position. If you had, you would have explained why her comments are not in print. Yet your piece spares no ink in indulging racist blacks in the slurs and aspersions they are casting on the professionalism of the jury. Did it ever cross your mind to ask any of those who see only racial injustice in the conviction of this policeman, what they thought the point of the trial was, if they’d already decided beforehand that he was innocent? Did they expect a Somali-style jury? Who knows? Perhaps that is what they expected. They did get a Somali-style recruitment, after all, and without even asking for it.

    I am appalled.

    Anjuli Pandavar

    • Westman says

      May 1, 2019 at 10:55 pm

      Over half the jury was minorities. The defense expected an O.J. result. However the jury saw right through the lies, particularly that the victim had startled him by slapping her hands on the police car – none of her prints were found, she never touched the car. It was just another case of Islam producing incompetence and the taqiyya training to cover it up.

      • Dj says

        May 3, 2019 at 1:38 am

        +1

  7. Joe@joemail.com says

    May 1, 2019 at 11:05 am

    Excellent news and some justice for the poor victim. What a stupid idiot “officer” . I hope he rots in jail.

  8. Prebangian says

    May 1, 2019 at 11:11 am

    I can’t imagine Ilhan Omar not commenting on this trial. She never passes up a chance to claim Americans are racist.

    • gravenimage says

      May 1, 2019 at 5:38 pm

      She’s commented–and as you might imagine, it is all deflection on her part:

      “In Wake Of Mohamed Noor Verdict, Ilhan Omar Calls For Same ‘Accountability & Justice’ In All Police Shootings”

      https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/05/01/in-wake-of-mohamed-noor-verdict-ilhan-omar-calls-for-same-accountability-justice-in-all-police-shootings/

  9. Carol says

    May 1, 2019 at 11:29 am

    Obama is responsible for all of this – he brought thousands of Somalis to this country when he was president – they won’t assimilate to our way of life!!

    • gravenimage says

      May 1, 2019 at 6:10 pm

      Somalis have been coming into the US ever since the ’90s–but this increased during the Obama period.

    • windrush48 says

      May 2, 2019 at 7:55 am

      The USURPER Obama was NEVER “President” ……. he was NEVER ELIGIBLE and must be hanged for his myriad High Crimes before I will have any faith in our “government”.

      • William Homolka says

        May 2, 2019 at 10:54 am

        Amen. I have been saying this for the past 10+ years. There will be no peace in America until the Obama/Bush/911 issues are resolved. Obama (and Hillary) are war criminals guilty of forming ISIS and the mass genocide of Christians and other “infidels” in the Middle East.

  10. carolyne says

    May 1, 2019 at 2:15 pm

    How dare this idiot mayor call the Muslims the real victims while Ms. Damon lies cold and decomposing in her grave? The Muslims are the perpetrators of this crime. They have been thrust into a civilized environment but can never be civilized. Mayor Hodges must have had her brain removed and replaced by what is wrongly considered to be a Somali brain. Rep. Omar has the same kind of sawdust in her head.

  11. No Muzzies Here says

    May 1, 2019 at 2:32 pm

    It’s obvious that the mayor has given her total love and affection to the Muslims in her city, as a reward for their kind votes and money.

    It’s obvious that she is more than willing to sell herself out to the Muslims.

    She is not fit for public office.

    • Dj says

      May 3, 2019 at 1:40 am

      Agree!

  12. James Lincoln says

    May 1, 2019 at 3:59 pm

    As I understand the facts:

    Mohamed Noor is a Somali Muslim who had been hired by the Minneapolis Police Department as a police officer.

    No less than two psychiatrists, who had input into the hiring process, recommended against him being hired as a police officer for very valid reasons – as stated above in the feature article.

    He was hired anyway – against expert medical advice.

    In the line of duty, Noor was convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter by a jury after killing a woman who was trying to report a rape.

    Due to the perverse hiring process, we have one woman dead and one former police officer who will be going to prison.

    All due to political correctness.

    Proof positive that political correctness can actually kill.

    Wake up America !!!

    • LR says

      May 2, 2019 at 5:18 am

      Yes James…Bottom line, this is the problem. Instead of focusing on ‘excellence’ – recruiting, and hiring the best people for a particular job – people have gotten their brains all twisted, and screwed up being obsessed with ‘equality’ instead.

      Unfortunately, here you are correct. Political correctness lead to this poor woman’s death, and is exactly what people like MLK did NOT want. Too bad many of the people who claim admiration for that man, are conveniently ignoring his main message.

    • DirkaDirka says

      May 2, 2019 at 1:10 pm

      The thought, or rather lack of thought today, is that if we have diverse policing agencies it will somehow be the cure all for all the problems that are driven by the war on police by the MSM. The idea goes something like this. We NEED to have policing agencies that reflect the community. Therefore, we will lower standards to make that happen. That coupled with the war on police, means that substandard individuals are entering law enforcement. Another product of it is that the excellent police officers, who are daily called racist, killers, are pulling back. They are not engaging in trying to stop the cars that criminals are riding around in looking for their next victims. Why should they put their ass on the line when they are treated like crap, much like the soldiers returning home from Vietnam only to be called baby killers. The problem is huge and is only going to increase. This nation is in for a lot of violence and death before people wake up if they ever do.

      I for one am very glad this person was convicted of these crimes. Now we have to wait to see what sentence he receives. My prediction is it will be pretty light.

  13. Naram-Sin says

    May 1, 2019 at 5:27 pm

    If Ilhan Omar had a son, he would look like Mohamed Noor.

    • Georg says

      May 1, 2019 at 9:06 pm

      He would probably look like a deep sea creature as she married her brother.

  14. gravenimage says

    May 1, 2019 at 5:36 pm

    First Somali Muslim on Minneapolis Force Convicted of Murder
    …………………..

    This has been a horrifying case–but I am glad that he has been convicted.

  15. Lt Mason says

    May 1, 2019 at 9:56 pm

    “.. the real victim was not the woman who was killed.” What a sense of justice!

  16. Indiana Tom says

    May 2, 2019 at 6:00 am

    Amazing, considering a lot of bad shoots never result in the cop even being indicted. This in a system where you could indict a ham sandwich. From this guys history they should have kicked him to the curb years ago.

  17. Peter Samuel says

    May 2, 2019 at 8:05 am

    Consider also that the Mayor’s zeal for ‘affirmative action’ (ethnic balance ahead of merit) may have made another victim of Mohammed Noor himself. If suitability for police work had been given due weight when he applied for the police job he might have been turned away and found other work. And he would not be facing years in jail.

  18. Badger says

    May 2, 2019 at 10:06 am

    I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read: ‘The best way to honor Justine is to simultaneously remember the pain our Somali community has endured during this tragedy.

    ‘They are the real victims.’

    Let me restate that, just in case you missed it: The Somali community of Minneapolis are the real victims, not a beautiful Australian who gave more to her community that the total muslim population of Minnesota.

  19. Cristian Klinefelter says

    May 2, 2019 at 10:11 am

    Now is the time to charge all the politicians who endangered our community and caused this murder.
    The fast tracking of an I’ll suited petson for reasons other then the skill of the officer office to end.
    These leftest political hacks need to be punished for the end result of their ‘good’ intentions.

    A wonderful human being was shot dead because of their decision.

  20. Laurel says

    May 2, 2019 at 10:40 am

    People have got to STOP their submissive demeanor towards the Muslim communities & terrorists. It earns you NO royalties only more control over you😡

  21. Ashley says

    May 2, 2019 at 11:19 am

    Robert Spencer states: “Mohamed Noor is a Somali Muslim. He was the first Somali Muslim on the Minneapolis police force.”

    And yet in 2016, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges stated “I want to take a moment to recognize Officer Mohamed Noor, the newest Somali officer in the Minneapolis Police Department.”

    I don’t think Noor was the FIRST Somali Muslim, unless the other Somali officers in the Minneapolis Police Department aren’t Muslims.

    I’m curious about this organization that is based in Minneapolis:

    http://somaliamericanpa.org/

    And here’s this from the organization’s spokesman regarding Noor’s conviction:

    https://alphanewsmn.com/somali-american-police-association-calls-noor-conviction-institutional-prejudice/

    I predict there’s going to be some serious unrest erupting when Noor is sentenced.

  22. Bill says

    May 2, 2019 at 11:50 am

    Well I got this wrong. I was certain of an acquittal or a hung jury. The convictions seem correct. If a citizen fired under these circumstance, they would have been hard pressed to establish self defense and being in immediate threat of death or serious bodily harm. It is tough to understand how Noor could have established that. Proving the higher level of second degree murder was always going to be difficult.

    The justifiable civil lawsuits against the City are going to be given a big boost with the information adduced at this trial. In the end, the taxpayers of Minneapolis are going to pay for Betsy Hodges folly, inept police training under Hodges watch, and Noor’s crimes. That is a fair result to because the electorate there routinely makes bad choices and they should shoulde rthe financial consequences.

  23. UNCLE VLADDI says

    May 2, 2019 at 12:06 pm

    Re: “The strength and beauty of the Somali and East African communities are a vital part of what makes Minneapolis so strong and beautiful.’

    “Strong and beautiful!”?!?!?

    That warlord-ruled, dystopian wasteland which hasn’t had a government in decades?!

    I guess she never even bothered to track down any pictures of Somalia, much less visit the place.

  24. joanofark06 says

    May 2, 2019 at 3:09 pm

    Wonder why we hear NOTHING of the driver of that vehicle. Noor was the passenger.

    • Ashley says

      May 3, 2019 at 2:48 am

      https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/04/18/police-trial-shooting-justine-damond-ruszczyk-australia-harrity-testifies

  25. SamB says

    May 3, 2019 at 9:21 am

    So, he’s guilty in the 2nd and 3rd degree. He will escaped death sentence and by all accounts will probably get a suspended sentence. Can you imagine the high fives and giggling going on in those circles-they killed a kaffir deliberately

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