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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Five fast facts about Somali policeman in MN who killed Australian yoga instructor

2017-07-19

[Heavy.com] Mohamed Noor, the Minneapolis police officer who is accused of shooting and killing Justine Damond, an Australian yoga teacher and spiritual healer, was the first Somali-American officer in his precinct.

A year ago, the arrival of Noor on the Minnesota police force was celebrated by the mayor and Somali community he hails from. There is a pending federal complaint against him, though, by a former social worker from Minneapolis who says Noor and other officers violated her constitutional rights in March by ordering her detention at a hospital ...

"Three sources with knowledge of the incident said Sunday that two officers in one squad car, responding to the 911 call, pulled into the alley. Damond, in her pajamas, went to the driver's side door and was talking to the driver. The officer in the passenger seat pulled his gun and shot Damond through the driver's side door, sources confirmed. No weapon was found at the scene," the Star Tribune reported.
I wasn't sure how to categorize this.
Affirmative Action dividends ?

Posted by:lord garth

#17 @Sgt. Mom We may never know. /sarc

However, to catch her in the abdomen while firing though the open window from a low angle indicates she was certainly jumping up and down pretty energetically about something.

Or, Noor was idly playing with his gun when someone knocked over a trashcan and startled him. The unexpected discharge through the door sent him into a spasm of fright, causing several more unexpected discharges.

Or something. But he's a great guy, best Somali officer the force has known.

Posted by: KBK 2017-07-19 21:01

#16 The cams should be "always on," streamed to an independent third party inspector general that won't conveniently "lose" any footage. As the big names at Gurgle, Amazon and the NSA always like to say, "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about..."

Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-07-19 18:41

#15 I've said it before, both officers should be summarily dismissed for not having ANY of their recording devices functioning while on active duty (in addition to whatever innocence or guilt may be found regarding the shooting).

Posted by: Crusader 2017-07-19 16:14

#14 From the USA Today article on the subject, a small fact that might explain what happened:

The attorney for a Minneapolis police officer whose partner fired a shot through the patrol car window that killed an Australian woman, said Wednesday that it was reasonable for the officers to have feared that they might be targets of an ambush.

Investigators say Officer Matthew Harrity, 25, who has been with the police department for a year, was driving the squad car and his partner, Officer Mohamed Noor, 31, a two-year veteran of the force who fired the fatal shot, was seated on the passenger side.

Harrity’s attorney Fred Bruno told the Star Tribune “it’s certainly reasonable” to assume any officer would be concerned about an ambush. He referenced the recent death of a New York City officer killed in her squad car.

Investigators say the officers were driving with all squad lights off through the alley behind Damond's home when the shooting occurred.

Inexperienced officers whose nerves were screwed to a fever pitch by BLM stories -- that could explain the overreaction to hearing a noise. I'd read that before he refused to talk to investigators, Officer Noor said he had not accidentally discharged his gun. I can't find the link, though -- sorry.

Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-19 15:59

#13 pretty sure the second cop saw it close-up

Could ask him, when he can hear again.

And the dash cam was off? This stinks.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-07-19 15:49

#12 in anticipation of something jumping off and inadvertently fired it.

Multiple times?

Posted by: Captain Slavick9664 2017-07-19 13:53

#11 She was a lone woman who left her home without a male escort. She was in her PJs, scantily clad, and not in her BBQ cover. She spoke directly to two strange men at night. Obviously, it was a matter of honor.

Posted by: JHH 2017-07-19 13:48

#10 She asked him how big his gun was, he showed her.

Posted by: Skidmark 2017-07-19 12:20

#9 Fireworks that sounded like gunfire doesn't explain why the officers had their body cameras off, or why a weapon was pointed at an innocent giving them info.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-07-19 12:03

#8 I don't think the explanation is all that difficult. He's a Somali. Done.

Posted by: gorb 2017-07-19 11:26

#7 And, as mentioned by Frank G, who the F shoots across their partner and through a car door?

Yeah, that is serious WTF? territory. Best explanation, IMHO, is the guy was holding his gun in his lap in anticipation of something jumping off and inadvertently fired it.

Posted by: SteveS 2017-07-19 11:02

#6 Would hate to think Mr. Noor was placed unvetted as an "outreach" move. Culture counts and, in this case, may have cost a life.

And, as mentioned by Frank G, who the F shoots across their partner and through a car door? Are "Die Hard" movies being shown in Minneapolis as instructional cop videos?

The union will protect Mr. Noor. Who speaks for Ms. Damond?

Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-07-19 09:45

#5 pretty sure the second cop saw it close-up

Posted by: Frank G 2017-07-19 09:28

#4 The article mentioned that the police are looking for a person on a bicycle (on a grassy knoll with a candlestick...) who may have witnessed the incident.

Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-07-19 09:27

Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-07-19 09:23

#2 Not sure, but I think his training didn't include shooting across the car cab, past his partner's head and body, through the car door. Just guessing....

Posted by: Frank G 2017-07-19 09:21

#1 Talking about this with my daughter yesterday - and she wondered if Officer Noor was a bad seed, with a bad attitude, no self-control, whom could not be gotten rid of or disciplined because he was So Precious to the local powers. She wondered how many partners he had been paired with in his time as a police officer, and if having to work with him wasn't seen as a bit of a punishment for the partner.

Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2017-07-19 08:23

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