Mohamed Noor is a Somali Muslim, 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 Damond, he would likely have done something similar at some point.
Mohamed Noor was not competent to be a police officer. If he had not been a Somali and a Muslim, he never would have been on the force at all. Identity politics kills. If there was any lesson to be drawn from the killing of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, that was it. The city of Minneapolis was so eager to have a Somali Muslim police officer on the force that it hired a man who had been found incompetent to hold the job. Even worse, Minneapolis officials did not fire him even when he proved that he was indeed unfit to be a cop.
Now he will be freed earlier than mandated by his already light initial sentence. The injustices just pile higher and higher.
“Minnesota high court tosses murder conviction against Mohamed Noor, former Minneapolis police officer,” by David K. Li, NBC News, September 15, 2021:
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed the third-degree murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor, who fatally shot a 911 caller four years ago.
Noor was also convicted of second-degree manslaughter in the death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond on July 15, 2017, and that verdict still stands.
The former officer will be re-sentenced for the manslaughter conviction alone, as opposed to the 12 1/2-year penalty handed down to him in 2019 for murder.
Noor is now looking at a sentence of between 41 months to 57 months for that lesser conviction, a Hennepin County Attorney’s Office spokeswoman said.
If he’s hit with a four-year manslaughter term, the former officer should be eligible for release after doing two-thirds of that time and walk free by late this year, Noor’s appellate lawyer Peter Wold said.
Noor has been behind bars since he was convicted on April 30, 2019.
“I talked to Mo this morning. It’s relief, great relief,” Wold told NBC News. “He has a young son and it’s time they get back together.”
The high court ruled that prosecutors did not prove that Noor had acted with a “depraved mind, without regard for human life,” which would be needed for the third-degree murder conviction….
The chief justice said the court and prosecutors agree that “Noor’s decision to shoot a deadly weapon simply because he was startled was disproportionate and unreasonable.”
“Noor’s conduct is especially troubling given the trust that citizens should be able to place in our peace officers,” Gildea wrote. “But the tragic circumstances of this case do not change the fact that Noor’s conduct was directed with particularity toward Ruszczyk.”
The city of Minneapolis agreed to a $20 million settlement with the woman’s family. She was a dual citizen of the United States and Australia.
mortimer says
How will the public feel when they see a Somali cop in future? They will think of the incompetent, inept Mohamed Noor. They will fear for their lives.
Mohamed Noor should get the full sentence. Whoever hired this incompetent man should be fired.
Frank Anderson says
m., I disagree: whoever hired him, the mayor, should be prosecuted as a co-conspirator, convicted and imprisoned; not only for that charge but all of several others. Anyone who aids, abets, counsels or acts in furtherance of a US criminal civil rights violation is equally guilty of that violation 18 United States Code Sections 2 and 240, et seq.
Duane Mo tez says
minnesota is a Rat Infested Sewer. A state full of Gutless Weasels
Joeyn says
Minnesota is actually should be a Red state. As mentioned in Mike Lindell’s Cyber Symposium Trump won that state but by carrying out cyber attacks from China the Democrats flipped massive amounts of fraudulent votes to Biden.
gravenimage says
Joeyn, Minnesota has actually consistently voted Democrat in presidential elections since 1976.
tgusa says
“Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges expressed her excitement”
Taxpayers paid out 20 million so Betsy could have her diversity orgasm. There is no reasoning with her when shes all hopped up on that.
Frank Anderson says
t. when reasoning fails criminal prosecution and conviction succeeds. Noor did not act alone, but was put in that position with ‘Universal Malice” or “Depraved Indifference” depending on which state’s laws you consider. There are no perfect stories; BUT Law and Order series has a number of very good illustrations of New York’s Depraved Indifference law, guided by what seem to be well qualified technical advisors. The statute of limitation on murder never runs.
tgusa says
Frank. It appears that there is a virus infecting many people in positions of power and it is called depraved indifference. Too bad there isn’t a shot for that. So far I have been lucky enough to not have been personally affected by the depraved indifference virus but since it seems to be growing in strength one never knows.
fadeye@yahoo.com says
Exactly! Now we must hope a vigilante will mete out justice!
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
They will think of the incompetent, inept Mohamed Noor.
He was neither incompetent nor inept. He got the job done, an uppity woman gut shot to death. Praise Allah.
I’ve met her widower, he’s been through a lot. I don’t think he understands about Islam, but to that I say ignorance is bliss. Not bliss, but recovering his happiness.
Protestant says
You are wide awake. He saw his chance to win his entry ticket to Paradise, and took it. He’s happy now, and his fellow cult members will have congratulated him during his short, comfortable time in prison.
Though it is very kind of you to want to protect her widower from the truth about this brutal, cold-blooded, opportunistic, religiously-sanctioned murder of his bride, I wish more people knew the truth. The religious motive should be a major factor for consideration in any court case involving Muslims.
Kagman says
Just think at what transpired at the Derek Chauvin trial for his APPROPRIATE treatment of the felon, George ‘Fentanyl’ Floyd. Now compare to this…. AN ABSOLUTE OUTRAGE THAT HAS MY BLOOD BOILING….
You’ll read about this slug again… And you can count on ‘Jihadi’ being part of the story
revereridesagain says
Muslims place no value on women except for the convenience of Muslim males. Apparently, neither does the Minnesota High Court. And it’s important that he be freed in order to help raise another Muslim male — there are no Muslim “men” — whom he will no doubt educate to uphold similar Muslim values.
Meanwhile, the family of his victim is left high and dry to deal with the absence of “closure” as best they can.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Meanwhile, the family of his victim is left high and dry to deal with the absence of “closure” as best they can.
Her family, who live in Australia, received a $5 million settlement from Minneapolis taxpayers. They gave $1 million to her American widower.
fadeye@yahoo.com says
We all Know it!
somehistory says
Did Ms. Diamond’s family sue this mozlum murderer?
If they did not, they should. He was found guilty of killing their loved-one and if they sued the city only, they should also sue him personally.
Make him sorry he was ever allowed into the country. Take him to court and get whatever the law allows. A jury should find if easy to award damages to her family and he can spend the rest of his miserable life paying whatever the jury says.
He’s a poor excuse for a human and his muzlumness is what caused the lady’s death by murder.
And the ‘court’ is a joke. He doesn’t deserve a lighter sentence, even if he does have a son. Ms. Diamond had people who loved her too.
rubiconcrest says
There was a 20 million dollar settlement.
somehistory says
“The city of Minneapolis agreed to a $20 million settlement ”
This does not say that the creep who murdered her was included.
The family could sue him separately if the law there allows for a cop to be sued.
Much like oj simpson was sued by the families of the ones he murdered. He was not hired by the city as this mozlum was, but if the law allows, he could be sued too.
Eleanor says
I’m no legal-eagle but in cases like this, it is a good idea for the families to sue the perpetrator in Civil Court. If they win their case, they are awarded a certain sum. In this situation, it’s not the money they win that is important, as generally they don’t receive it anyway, but it stops the perpetrator from profiting from the crime in any way. For instance, proceeds from writing a book, or film rights, etc.
Frank Anderson says
S.H., take a look at the US Supreme Court case from 1991, Hafer v. Melo, which allows civil rights claims against state officials including police officers.
somehistory says
Frank Anderson
Thank you for the reminder. You have an enormous memory for cases decided by the supreme court.
I realize that some times states make an effort to exclude themselves from rulings made, but if one knows the law, or has a superb attorney, justice can be served.
The fact that he was convicted in criminal court makes it easier to win the civil case…and I’m not telling someone who doesn’t know that better than I.
Frank Anderson says
s.h., if you want to see a lot of why I am familiar with Hafer and many other cases. go to Lexis and see if you can find the article When to Keep Silent: An Alternative to Whistleblowing, that was published as part of SEC proceedings about 1996. That was a proposed rulemaking to require corporate lawyers to commit personal and professional suicide by reporting planned and ongoing crime or fraud. A rule was adopted authorizing the report that is already required by law and professional rules. The article is NOT based on a hypothetical and served as the foundation for my effort to obtain justice for my destruction. For those details contact the Law Library of Congress, Duplication Services, for a copy of the 102 page Petition for Writ of Certiorari, US Supreme Court case 96-501, Anderson v. Mississippi. Hafer comes in handy frequently.
Politicallyincorrectistruth says
C.Miller…Mohamed Noor’s next door neighbour for 2 years said, he wasn’t surprised to hear the officer was responsible for the shooting.
“He is extremely nervous . . . he is a little jumpy . . . he doesn’t really respect women, the least thing you say to him can set him off”
“He got into it with the kids, they were outside playing and something got stuck in a tree and he came out and he just started yelling at the kids because they were out here playing”.
“He has little respect for women he has little respect for blacks and kids,” said Mr. Miller, who is African-American.
Even Noor’s gun instructer at the police force said Noor was not competent with a gun, but his scores were glossed over so that a somali muslim would get on the force and the Mayor could boast how “diverse” they were.
Identity politics KILLS.
gravenimage says
Taking issue with any of this would have been “Islamophobic”.
Jim says
This is just more identity politics. Muslims who kill Americans or Australians are barely guilty of anything because of identity politics. A petty criminal dies in police custody, the policeman gets 25 or 30 years because it was murder. The policeman had white privilege, white rage, he was a racist. The Muslim is a victim of white privilege. He should get off as though he was guilty of drunk driving and no one was hurt. Typical justice of leftist states in the USA like MN and California. This is what liberal compassion means. This is why we elected Joe Biden, the man of compassion and a great unifier.
BexarKat says
There is something familiar about this….oh, I know Ashli Babbitt met the same fate. I do not want to bring race into this but the officers and their victims were….well, different.
gravenimage says
Yep.
LB says
While him being a muslim is extra privilege points for sure, the main reason Noor got off scott free was because he is black and his victim was white. If the skin colors were reversed, you can bet that the Antifa/BLM riots would happen much sooner, except this time the mob’s rage could be somewhat justified as the cop was actually guilty of first degree murder whereas Derek Chauvin merely followed the then-active arrest procedure to a T while George Floyd overdosed on the fentanyl he swallowed.
James Lincoln says
Am I still living in the United States of America?
Sounds like the judicial system in the current UK…
Frank Anderson says
The same people elected or appointed the judges who elected those who put them on the bench. Is it reasonable to expect different?
gravenimage says
Minnesota high court tosses murder conviction of Muslim migrant cop who killed unarmed woman
…………..
Utterly disgusting–Mohamed Noor was originally sentenced to 12.5 years–not enough, but at least something.
It should have been obvious that Mohamed Noor was not police material early on–but saying so would have been “Islamophobic”.
And how likely are people in the future to call the police if they know that this kind of thing is apt to happen to them?
Terry Gain says
I think that the hiring of Mohammad Noor was abysmally negligent but third degree murder requires depraved indifference. What happened here was an irrational panicky reaction to being startled. I think the killing happened too quickly to be characterized as depraved indifference. Manslaughter is the appropriate conviction.
I found the following statment of the Appeals Court most interesting.
“But the tragic circumstances of this case do not change the fact that Noor’s conduct was directed with particularity toward Ruszczyk.”
It seems that the word NOT is missing before directed, as otherwise the statement is jibberish.
Infidel says
I tend to agree w/ you here. It’s obvious that Mohammed Nur doesn’t belong in the force, but that’s different from saying that he had malevolent intentions towards Ms Damond
That said, I do hope he gets a major jail sentence – not inclusive of time already served – for the manslaughter charge
livingengine says
Shortly before Noor was originally sentenced, CAIR went on TV to celebrate an all Somali transit police shift. And, yes, they carry guns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ_y2YVXeMo
libertyORdeath says
I don’t ever want to hear the term “white privilege” again after this case. 4 years for the murder of an unarmed women who called the cops for help, but instead was sent an incompetent diversity hire who shouldn’t have been trusted with the big boy scissors, let alone a pistol. There is no other explanation for this disgustingly light sentence other than “liberal privilege” and fear of treating everyone as equals.
We are losing the basic premise of our judicial system – equality before the law. This is a bigger danger to our republic than nearly any other, yet all I hear about is January 6, the BLM lies and climate change. We better get our priorities in order quick before we lose this incredible country.
Terry Gain says
I agree that a sentence of 12 1/2 years for this killing – whether it be 3rd degree murder or manslaughter – is extremely light. I do not know what the maximum penalty for manslaughter is in the United States but in Canada it is 20 years. That seems about right for what Mohammad did, but I would be surprised if he gets more than 7 years.
Walter Sieruk says
This affront against justice is one more of many US court cases are a travesty against what is right , true, just decent and sane that has proven that the corrupt politically correct US “Justice” system with it’s courts are a hoax.
Speaking only for myself I will object and refuse to go to “Jury duty” if called for it. As if asked why I should be excused from it. I’ll tell the then that I have no desire to take part of the hoax of the “US Court of law” and if ask hat I mean , I will give seven good case examples plus this one of this above jihadwatch jihad
The American court of maybe in the past ,long ago,might have been rather good but now it’s a corrupt ,, politically incorrect infected despicable hoax ,and it it’s very best it’s a sick warped joke.
Linde Barrera says
To Walter Sieruk- “Lawyers=Loopholes”.
And I totally agree with you about not wanting to serve on a jury.
Jeffrey Smith says
Now, if a white woman hired as a cop in Somalia shot a Muslim man in a car for absolutely no reason…
Jim says
Everyone in the world seems to know the names of black people killed by white policemen. They are cause celebres and taken as typical examples of white privilege, white racism, white rage. They exemplify the racism in white people’s genes. There are lawn signs showing an idealized image of Floyd. Supposedly there was a picture of him in Kabul. But a few years before a black man sot and killed a white policeman in St Paul MN, and who knows the policeman’s name or remembers the case. I recall it was Joe Burgeron, and because the killer was a person of color and the victim a white policeman, it did not get the international attention. It was not interpreted as a case of what all people of color are like. But the policeman who got a long jail sentence for George Floyd is widely interpreted as typical of white racism in most or all white people. I wonder if this problem of the racial narrative that is spread by many on the Democrat party side is not also a case here. In Islam, women have lower status than men, and a woman who is raped needs four men to testify to her innocence, and the rapist is likely to get a low sentence or be found innocent. A part of the leftist narrative seems to be you have to respect other people’s culture, and culture is an extenuating circumstance. So, you have to let people off the hook if they are from a Muslim culture. You do not have to extenuate white people for their culture, because it is systemically racist, but you have to extenuate the circumstances for Muslims because it is a victim culture. And through intersectionality, a black Muslim male gets extra extenuation points, because his culture made him do it, and it made him do it because of white colonialism and systemic racism. And you should not generalize from one case of a Muslim man killing a woman to all Muslims, because that would be racist. But if a white policeman is found guilty of killing a black man, then it should be generalized to all white people, because it is a case of systemic racism and white privilege. So we have innocence due to intersectionality. And the case is not to be generalized. And the person is not to be punished very much, because he is the victim of systemic racism.
OLD GUY says
Yes white officers killing black criminals is always world front page news. Black criminals killing white police officers or other people of color is not news worthy.
While police officers will make mistakes on the job, criminals shooting up business and communities is not a mistake its intentional and murder every time.
This case sounds like a bad hire and that the screening and training process was overlooked by the Minneapolis police department. If that was the case they share in the unfortunate killing of Damond by this officer. The big question is was it poor training or islamic training that resulted in this killing.
Michael Copeland says
The screening process was not just overlooked: it was over ridden. Psychiatric reports the Noor was not suitable were swept aside in the zeal to have a Somali hire.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Michael. Noor is reported to have been regularly jumpy and handled his firearm unprofessionally–a disaster waiting to happen.
ROBERT CARRILLO says
Travesty!!! But, It is Minnesota after all.. A place where JUSTICE has gone to die..
..Rest in Peace, Justine Damond..
Walter Sieruk says
This shows that the corrupt politically correct infested US “justice” system with its PC courts are now nothing but a hoax