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| Rare conviction of black cop in shooting spurs race concerns |
| 2019-05-01 |
| MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ‐ After three weeks of testimony, a jury needed little more than a day to convict a black Minneapolis police officer of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed white woman who had called 911 to report a possible crime, delivering a guilty verdict that immediately sparked questions about whether race played a role. Mohamed Noor was also convicted Tuesday of manslaughter in the July 2017 death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond , a 40-year-old dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia whose death bewildered and angered people in both countries. Noor, 33, testified that he and his partner heard a loud bang on their squad car that startled them, and that he fired "to stop the threat" after he saw a woman appear at his partner’s window raising her arm. Prosecutors questioned whether the bang happened and attacked Noor for not seeing a weapon or Damond’s hands before he fired. It’s rare for police officers to be convicted after asserting they fired in a life-or-death situation, but some Minnesota community members said they saw it coming for Noor because he is Somali American. "Officer Noor was going to jail no matter what because he’s a black man who shot a white woman in the state of Minnesota," said John Thompson, an activist and friend of Philando Castile, a black man who was killed in 2016 by a Latino suburban police officer who was acquitted. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #15 I got a straight-outa-Rantburg rant from a Somali cab driver in Columbus that would put a smile on the face of everyone here. That’s wonderful to hear, Secret Master. The more who are happy to be good citizens, the shallower andless hospitable the ocean in which the jihadis can swim. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-05-01 20:35 |
| #14 IIUC - If they book enough $ they buy their own car and get out of leasing a car from a cab company (which is expensive). Cab medallions mean shit now with Uber and Lyft |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-05-01 20:15 |
| #13 Meaning they're working, but off-the-books? Could be. I mentioned to an old friend of mine - a veteran cabbie of many years - that the Somali cab drivers in Columbus and Indianapolis seemed to be giving way to Ugandans and Kenyans. He thinks that the Somali's have either moved up to working for Lyft and Uber, or have made enough to move up the economic ladder to shopkeepers and the like. Which is pretty much the American was of things IMO. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2019-05-01 19:17 |
| #12 Doesn't look that way to me in Indiana and Ohio - though my knowledge is anecdotal, not statistical. Meaning they're working, but off-the-books? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2019-05-01 16:37 |
| #11 Somalis want to be separate from that if possible. And yet, Secret Master, they elected Ilhan Omar. Who doesn't exactly sound like Jessie Jackson or Elijah Cummings. Just saying: not the same group of people, for better or worse. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2019-05-01 15:09 |
| #10 Somalis want to be separate from that if possible. And yet, Secret Master, they elected Ilhan Omar. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2019-05-01 15:00 |
| #9 At what point to we recruit a bunch of them for a Somali liberation army and train them to take back their country and restore order? Or do we just assume refugees and failed states are forever? |
| Posted by: rschwarz 2019-05-01 14:55 |
| #8 Minnesota’s state demographer’s office reports that only 41 percent of Somali men are working Doesn't look that way to me in Indiana and Ohio - though my knowledge is anecdotal, not statistical. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2019-05-01 14:31 |
| #7 2015: Feds' relocation of Somali refugees stresses Minn. welfare, raises terror fears Even though Minnesota has a good job market, that doesn’t seem to have translated into jobs for the Somali refugees. Minnesota’s state demographer’s office reports that only 41 percent of Somali men are working and 54 percent of Somali women are employed, meaning many may rely on the state’s handouts to survive, and are more susceptible to extremists pull. The Great Somali Welfare Hunt |
| Posted by: Elmeash Protector of the Ostrogoths9201 2019-05-01 13:50 |
| #6 Partly because they, like Arabs and Ethiopians, consider themselves suntanned Caucasians, not black. Though in America they'll accept the black label when jostling for perks. Sure. I would too, given the situation. I meant more that they were typically sober and hardworking with largely intact families. I got a straight-outa-Rantburg rant from a Somali cab driver in Columbus that would put a smile on the face of everyone here. BTW not saying that many black Americans aren't these things as well (sober, hardworking, etc). Just that poor Midwestern urban areas often contain people who aren't, and I think Somalis want to be separate from that if possible. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2019-05-01 13:33 |
| #5 what. My experience with Somalis is that they *don't* integrate into the larger American black population Partly because they, like Arabs and Ethiopians, consider themselves suntanned Caucasians, not black. Though in America they'll accept the black label when jostling for perks. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-05-01 12:43 |
| #4 This John Thompson character is just stirring the you-know-what. My experience with Somalis is that they *don't* integrate into the larger American black population for a variety of reasons (some quite understandable). In return, the traditional black population mostly considers them "other" in return. So, no: outside of the activist class, most black people aren't going to care about this IMO. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2019-05-01 12:32 |
| #3 Media here is refusing to discuss the insane choice to let this turd skate by with one third the training and his failed psyche example. The former mayor and police chief the primary drivers of letting this Muz loose. Also left out is his complaints by two other women. Because he's 1. Black 2. Somalian 3. A muzzie. The liberal protected class trifecta. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2019-05-01 10:50 |
| #2 MN is one of only 3 states that defines 3rd degree murder (others PA and FL). |
| Posted by: lord garth 2019-05-01 10:29 |
| #1 ...delivering a guilty verdict that immediately sparked questions about whether race played a role. I'm thinking it did. Next would be a civil lawsuit charging that the hiring acts and best practices were intentionally lowered or even waived in order to give this guy a job. Also interesting would be discovery of everyone involved in the application and hiring process of Calamity Noor. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-05-01 10:26 |