Stiff wrote:She was a librul yoga teacher purposely provoking the cops to make them look bad. She was on a suicide mission, so she must have been a Muslim, secretly. MAGA.

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 said.

inomaha wrote:

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 said.

That almost sounds like a negligent discharge. Have they said if it was through the window or actually through the door? How many shots were fired? Did he reach across his partner?

I know if I was talking to someone, I wouldn't want my partner to draw and fire across me at someone; discharging a firearm near my head in an enclosed space.

eelj wrote:

Stiff wrote:She was a librul yoga teacher purposely provoking the cops to make them look bad. She was on a suicide mission, so she must have been a Muslim, secretly. MAGA.

The police officers name is Muhammad Noor.

The death of Justine Damond, who called 911 to report a possible crime only to be killed by a responding Minneapolis police officer, has left her grieving family, neighborhood and nation demanding answers in the latest police-involved shooting to thrust Minnesota into the international spotlight. While many of the details about what happened Saturday night in the city's southwest corner have not been disclosed, this much was: She called to report a possible assault in the alley behind her house in one of the city's safest neighborhoods and was unarmed when officer Mohamed Noor shot her.

Amid a public outpouring of grief and outrage, Chief Janeé Harteau issued her first comments on the shooting, saying she too wanted an explanation, and called on the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to perform a speedy investigation. The Hennepin County medical examiner said Monday evening that Damond, also known as Justine Ruszczyk, died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

Noor, a second-year officer whose identity became public Monday, has retained a lawyer. Attorney Thomas Plunkett said in a statement that Noor "takes these events very seriously." "He joined the police force to serve the community and to protect the people he serves," Plunkett said. "Officer Noor is a caring person with a family he loves, and he empathizes with the loss others are experiencing." Sources identified Noor's partner on the scene, who did not fire any shots, as officer Matthew Harrity, 25, who earned his peace officer's license last year. A spokeswoman for the BCA confirmed there was no weapon found at the scene, creating even more mystery about how Damond's call to police ended in one of the responding officers fatally shooting her.

A source said Damond's cellphone was found near her body. "We lost the dearest of people and are desperate for information," Damond's fiancé, Don Damond, said Monday afternoon in his first public comments. "Piecing together Justine's last moments before the homicide would provide small comfort as we grieve this tragedy." Just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Damond, 40, called 911 to report a possible assault occurring in an alley near her home between Washburn and Xerxes avenues S., in the Fulton neighborhood.

Damond, in her pajamas, went to the driver's side door of the responding squad and was talking to the officer, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the case. Moments later, Noor shot across his partner from the passenger's seat, killing Damond. The incident comes just weeks after the acquittal of then-St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez, who fatally shot Philando Castile in a high-profile incident whose aftermath was broadcast live on Facebook, and less than two years after the Minneapolis police shooting of Jamar Clark, an unarmed black man.

The Damond shooting is front-page news across her native Australia, and correspondents from major news outlets in the country flew to Minneapolis on Monday to cover it. The Sydney Morning Herald's headline in Monday's newspaper was "American Nightmare." "The Australian public and media go nuts for anything involving Australians overseas," said Andy Ruzgar of 5AA Radio in Adelaide, South Australia. "This particular case is so bizarre. People are gripped by the story."

Ruzgar said for two fairly similar countries culturally, the gun culture in the United States fascinates Australians. "No one can have a gun in Australia," he said. "And you would barely hear of a police shooting all over the country once a year. We just don't have that culture." In the Twin Cities, the shooting exacerbated already-strained tensions between police and community members calling for more accountability within the department.

"I have many of the same questions and it is why we immediately asked for an external and independent investigation into the officer-involved shooting death," said Harteau, who was out of state "on a personal commitment" but was receiving regular briefings and would return soon, according to a police spokesperson. "I also want to assure you that I understand why so many people have so many questions at this point. I've asked for the investigation to be expedited to provide transparency and to answer as many questions as quickly as we can." Harteau offered no further details and no explanation as to why the two officers were not recording on body cameras when Noor shot Damond. The sequence of events was captured in part by police radio, published by website Minnesota PoliceClips, which records police-related media.

Officers responded to a report of a "female screaming behind the building." Moments later, an officer reported "shots fired … one down at Washburn," and an officer says he was performing CPR. About a minute after the shooting, an officer says there are "no suspects at large." On Monday, the BCA said in a news release that officers were responding to a 911 call of a possible assault, and "at one point an officer fired their weapon, fatally striking a woman."

After confirming Sunday that there was no body camera or dashcam footage of the incident, the agency said the investigation "does not determine whether a law enforcement agency policy was violated. That would be reviewed through the agency's internal affairs process." Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said his office is monitoring the case, and he would decide himself whether to charge Noor with the shooting, rather than a grand jury — echoing the Clark case, in which he decided not to charge the officers and released evidence from the investigation.

Freeman said he believes Noor's body camera should have been running at the time of the shooting. "I do understand this, they were driving down an alley, the victim approached the car. That's not necessarily a time you must [be taping], but frankly I think it's a time you should," he said. Gov. Mark Dayton had no comment Monday on the shooting. Law enforcement had previously criticized Dayton for comments he made after Castile was killed by Yanez.

Meanwhile, amid more questions than answers, the family and neighborhood mourned. Flanked by his family in front of his home, Don Damond read a brief statement saying his fiancée called 911 to report "what she believed was an active sexual assault occurring nearby. … Sadly, her family and I have been provided with almost no information from law enforcement regarding what happened after police arrived." Over the past two days, friends, neighbors and strangers gathered to memorialize Damond. Some left heartfelt messages in chalk on the sidewalk near the scene, others laid flowers and paused in silent meditation. "This is about Justine; it's about Don.

"A horrific thing has happened in their lives, but it reverberates through the community," said neighbor Richard Burbach, looking on as Australian news crews gathered around the home. "I hope that the global media can continue to put enough focus on this that there is a kind of pressure that will … change policing, not just in Minneapolis but the country as well."

The incident has quickly taken on a political dimension in the state, where a spate of fatal police shootings have sparked mass protests. Michelle Gross, president of Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB), said Minnesota police departments had a history of “secretive” behaviour after these incidents that denied justice to victims and their families.

“The main problem is that police have entirely too much power and almost no accountability,” Ms Gross told news.com.au. “If you don’t hold people accountable, this is what leads to out-of-control officers engaging in dangerous and deadly conduct, day in, day out.” She said Minnesota was a “police state” where officers had the power to “spy on people at will” and were protected absolutely when they shot people without provocation.

Police officers have killed 443 people in Minnesota since 2000, an average of 26 a year, according to CUAPB records. “People are absolutely frustrated and upset … that somebody could be killed being a good neighbour,” Ms Gross said.
“It’s inconceivable how something like this could happen.”

Minneapolis has allocated $6.4 million to equip its police officers with body cameras after a spate of police shootings, but questions have been raised about why the cameras were not turned on during this incident.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota said the officers had violated police policy by failing to turn the cameras on. “This violation of policy thwarted the public’s right to know what happened to Ms Damond and why the police killed her. The two officers broke the policy not only when they didn’t activate the body cameras before the incident, but also when they failed to do so after the use of force,” spokeswoman Teresa Nelson said.

Bang wrote:Well, a black man with an A-Rab name shot and killed an attractive, blonde white woman in an upper middle class neighborhood for no apparent reason.
Weight that against the fact that the shooter was an on duty cop responding to a 9-11 call.
It's hard to say whether racism or the blue line of nonsense will win out here.

Oh wait, no it's not. That guy is going to prison.

“We need to confront the reality of so many unarmed people killed by the same officers who swear an oath to protect us,” he said. “Justine’s death shows no one should assume ‘officer-involved shootings’ only happen in a certain part of town or to certain kinds of people. This is a systemic problem which calls for a broad, comprehensive response.”

Minneapolis (CNN)The mayor of Minneapolis said she wants to hear from the officer who fatally shot Justine Ruszczyk.

But so far, officer Mohamed Noor has exercised his constitutional right to not speak to state investigators, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Tuesday.

And, it's not clear if or when he will.

"He has a story to tell that no one else can tell," Mayor Betsy Hodges said in a news conference Tuesday. "We can't compel him by law, but I wish that he would make that statement."

According to the BCA, Harrity was driving and Noor was in the passenger seat as they drove through the alley looking for a suspect. The squad lights on their vehicle were off.

Harrity told investigators that as they drove down the alley, he was startled by a loud sound near the squad car. Immediately afterward, Ruszczyk approached the driver's side window and Noor fired his weapon, striking Ruszczyk through the driver's side window, Harrity told the BCA.

The officers exited the vehicle and provided medical attention until medical staff arrived. Ruszczyk was pronounced dead at the scene.

JaxTeller wrote:Some of the comments across other gun boards I frequent have been awfully stupid and racist (duh!).

I feel this is no different than what we saw in the Castile shooting. Someone who should not be in LE and someone who panicked easily.

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JaxTeller wrote:Some of the comments across other gun boards I frequent have been awfully stupid and racist (duh!).

I feel this is no different than what we saw in the Castile shooting. Someone who should not be in LE and someone who panicked easily.

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eelj wrote:

JaxTeller wrote:Some of the comments across other gun boards I frequent have been awfully stupid and racist (duh!).

I feel this is no different than what we saw in the Castile shooting. Someone who should not be in LE and someone who panicked easily.

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Precisely, also was there a rush to get the first Somali on the force? I know it's a touchy subject but what kind of training would he receive that would cause him to shoot right across his partner, or did he just panic hysterically?

Some people are just not meant to be cops.

Justine Damond spent her last moments trying to help a stranger.

At 11:27 on Saturday night, Damond called police to report a possible sexual assault, according to a 911 transcript obtained by the Star Tribune Wednesday.

"I'm not sure if she's having sex or being raped," Damond told the operator. After giving her address, Damond continued: "I think she just yelled out 'help,' but it's difficult the sound has been going on for a while, but I think, I don't think she's enjoying it."

"OK," said the operator, "I've already got an officer on the way."

About eight minutes later, Damond called 911 again to make sure they got her address right. She repeated the report of hearing a woman screaming, and the operator assured her the officers were en route.

"Thank you," said Damond.

Moments later, one of those officers would fatally shoot her.

Damond's death lit off international controversy in the days since the shooting, including in her native Australia, where the Prime Minister called it a "shocking" and "inexplicable" killing and demanded answers. As the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigates, details have been scarce, and the 911 call further explains why the officers were there in the first place. The city also released police and incident reports Wednesday, though they contain limited public information while the shooting is still under investigation.

When the responding officers, Matthew Harrity and Mohamed Noor, arrived in the alley behind her house, they saw Damond approaching the driver's side door, according to preliminary BCA findings released Tuesday. Harrity heard a loud noise, he told investigators, and Noor shot from the passenger's seat and out the window, striking Damond in the abdomen. She died on scene minutes later.

Noor has refused to be interviewed by BCA agents.

In a news conference Tuesday, Minneapolis Police Asst. Chief Medaria Arradondo officers at the scene canvassed the area and did not locate any suspects.

No doubt, he feared for his life.

JUSTINE Damond’s family have hired a high-profile lawyer who says police claims of an ambush by the Australian woman ‘have no basis in fact’ as her 911 call was released. Lawyer Robert Bennett told CBS that Ms Damond’s family does not want Officer Mohamed Noor to continue being a police officer and are considering a civil lawsuit over her death. “This is an unbelieveable situation,” Mr Bennett told CBS. “The person who called 911 was shot in her pyjamas. “Justine obviously wasn’t armed and there is wasn’t any reason she should have been perceived to be.

Mr Bennett hit out at claims the police officers involved feared an ambush. “It’s ludicrous,” he said. “It is disinformation being put out there for ... for I don’t know what. It doesn’t have any basis in fact.” That news came as Jared Kushner, the lawyer for Teresa Graham, a woman who was the subject of a complaint against Mr Noor, who gunned down Ms Damond, said the killing was another example of how Noor had failed those who had called on him for help.

Ms Damond’s family hired Mr Bennett who represented Philando Castile’s family in pursuing compensation after he became a victim of a fatal police shooting. Castile was shot and killed by Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez in July last year. He was acquitted of charges of manslaughter and the dangerous discharge of a firearm in June 16, but was fired on the same day. With Mr Bennett representing them the Castile family settled a US$2.995 million (A$3.76 million) lawsuit over the shooting.

A lawyer for cop Matthew Harrity says ‘it’s certainly reasonable’ that his client and his partner thought they were being ambushed when Justine Damond was shot. Fred Bruno, Mr Harrity’s lawyer, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that his client and Mohamed Noor, who shot Damond, may have been spooked by a “loud noise” before the Australian woman approached the police car.

“It’s certainly reasonable to assume that any police officer would be concerned about a possible ambush under these circumstances,” Mr Bruno said. “It was only a few weeks ago when a female NYPD cop and mother of twins was executed in her car in a very similar scenario.” Mr Bruno was referring to New York City police officer Miosotis Familia, 48, who was killed earlier this month by a mentally ill man as she sat in her police car. Noor’s lawyer, Thomas Plunkett, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has spoken with Ms Damond’s father John Ruszczyk to offer his condolences over her death. As local authorities continue to investigate the officer-involved shooting, Mr Turnbull again described the death as “inexplicable”. “I spoke to Justine’s dad yesterday about it and gave him our love and sympathy,” Prime Minister Turnbull told Neil Mitchell on 3AW radio today.

The family of Damond’s killer [Mohammed Noor’s family] declared his innocence, saying Noor had mistakenly shot her dead.

“We feel so bad about this, we are traumatised ourselves. It’s so unfortunate,” a family member said.

“If you wait for the investigation you’ll know it was an honest and sincere event that transpired. Until then we can’t really say anything.”

News Corp spoke to half a dozen residents who were in their houses around the crime scene on Saturday night and none had heard the gunshot or any other loud noises that sounded like fireworks. One resident a block from the scene, waiter Tom McConnell, said however it was common during the current summer holidays for fireworks left over from the recent July 4 celebrations to be set off on weekend nights.