Muslims getting away with murder in American justicje system?
The first Somali police officer in the United States was who shot Justine Diamond was convicted of murder, but the Minnesota Supreme Court overturned the ruling and the police officer only served a couple of years.
Here is an incomplete recording of the 911 call.
How in the world could Noir or his partner believed they were being ambushed by a woman with such a composed voice?
The BBC reports,
Noor is the first Minnesota police officer to be found guilty of murder for an on-duty shooting. At his sentencing on Friday, the 33-year-old apologized for taking Ms. Diamond's life.
Okay, so his confession plays well in the courts.
"I caused this tragedy and it is my burden," he told the court. "I wish though that I could relieve that burden others feel from the loss that I caused. I cannot, and that is a troubling reality for me."
Some in the Somali-American community - Noor is Somali - have argued that the case was treated differently than police shootings involving white officers and black victims.
Somalis come out charging the justice system and their town and media as racist. One out of three ain't bad. So the Somali community is the victim here in this murder case, and not Justine Diamond, her family, friends, and loved ones? Got it.
Activists outside the courthouse Friday carried signs reading "No double standard" and "NOOR: Victim of Identity Politics."
Noor said he opened fire on the 40-year-old yoga instructor because he feared that he and his partner were being ambushed.
Where's the evidence for that? Is that on body cam anywhere?
He said he made the "split-second decision" after hearing a loud bang and seeing Ms Damond with her right arm raised.
The police officers had been called to the area to respond to a 911 call made by Ms Damond about the suspected sexual assault.
Noor was convicted in April of second-degree manslaughter and third-degree murder, but acquitted of the most serious charge of second-degree murder with intent to kill.
Ms. Damond, a US-Australian dual citizen originally from Sydney, was engaged and due to marry a month after the shooting.
NEGOTIATING NOOR'S SENTENCING
NBC NEWS reports on Noor's sentencing,
Defense lawyer Thomas Plunkett asked for just one year and a day in prison for his client, and filed 44 letters with the court in support of Noor.
Noor, a Somali immigrant, gave up a successful business career to become a police officer as his way of giving back to the community.
“As things got better the debt grew and Mohamed Noor wanted to pay that debt back," Plunkett said. "That’s real integrity, That's true merit."
As things got better, the debt grew? When does that equation ever become true? That doesn't work in finance or home budgeting, and it doesn't work in some kind of vague social contract with your neighbor or community as some grand gesture either.
But Senior Hennepin County Attorney Amy Sweasy countered that such a light sentence would make Noor's murder conviction equivalent to a misdemeanor DUI.
Right
“Such a sentence would be wildly inappropriate in a case this severe," Sweasy said.
Hennepin County Judge Kathryn Quaintance lauded Noor's record of community service but said she couldn't cut him any slack.
So the state was trying to leverage his community service to pay in full the account of murdering Justine Diamond like why put so little value on her life? Should we compare the community service of the two individuals involved or is her life taken you know a serious crime or not? I guess if you're a warlord or you're from a warlord family then taking another life is not a very gravecrime.
“The law does not allow leniency because somebody is a good person,” the judge said. “Good people sometimes do bad things."
