Former Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor was found guilty by a jury on Tuesday in the 2017 death of Justine Damond, an unarmed woman who was fatally shot shortly after she called 911 to report a possible rape.
The decision from the jury, which received the case on Monday, followed three weeks of testimony in the trial against Noor.
The former officer was found guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. However, the jury found him not guilty of second-degree murder. Noor was taken straight from the courtroom into the custody of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Dept. His sentencing was scheduled for June 7.
Noor, seen in the above photo on Friday, was found guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. However, the jury found him not guilty of second-degree murder. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP, File)
Defense attorneys have said Noor was reacting to a loud noise and feared an ambush in the deadly incident. Prosecutors argued there was no evidence Noor faced a threat that justified the use of deadly force.
Body camera footage of the encounter was played earlier this month during the trial, showing the woman’s final moments, as well as officers’ unsuccessful attempts to save her.
One officer’s body camera showed Noor and his partner taking turns performing CPR on Damond before firefighters arrived, the Minneapolis Star Tribune previously reported. Another body camera video showed Noor being taken to a supervisor squad.
BODY CAM FOOTAGE SHOWS OFFICERS ATTEMPTING TO SAVE JUSTINE DAMOND AFTER SHE WAS SHOT BY OFFICER
Officer Mark Ringgenberg testified Noor kept asking if Damond was OK.
“I just told [Noor] not to say anything,” Ringgenberg said. “I don’t remember specifics.”
Damond was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia and was set to be married a month after the shooting occurred. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP, File)
Damond, 40, had called 911 to report a possible rape near her home. Noor and his partner were rolling down the alley behind the woman’s residence and checking out the call just before the shooting. Noor testified that a loud bang on the squad car scared his partner and that he saw a woman raising her arm appear at his partner’s window. He fired to protect his partner’s life, he said.
Damond was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia and was set to be married a month after the shooting occurred.
Noor lost his job with the police department after charges were filed against him.
In a statement, the Somali-American Police Association (SAPA) criticized the jury’s decision.
“Officer Noor is the first police officer in Minnesota’s history to be convicted of murder while in the line of duty,” the statement read. “SAPA believes the institutional prejudices against people of color, including officers of color, have heavily influenced the verdict of this case. The aggressive manner in which the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office went after Officer Noor reveals that there were other motives at play other than serving justice.”
“SAPA fears the outcome of this case will have a devastating effect on police morale and make the recruitment of minority officers all the more difficult.”
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Good. Now give him the max.
He’ll get 3 to 5 years. Meanwhile us taxpayers, here in Mpls, will pay through the ass ($10 million, I guess) in the wrongful death lawsuit.
I wonder if he’ll be in the general population?
Doubt it. It’ll go to the jail the political criminals go to.
The disgusting Somalian murderer’s ” physiognomy factor” is glaring right at me. You too?
You mean his uneven eyes? He does have a purdy mouth, hopefully he gets forced to use it a lot.
Yes, uneven asymetrical eyes with a vacant dead stare.
As in, “You have a purdy mouth. Sequel like a pig, boy”?
He was a diversity hire that should’ve never been in that squad car to begin with. Not that his cop training didn’t tell him to shoot first and ask questions later. I’ve long said the cops should be disarmed. Give them a nightstick to beat down people Rodney King style if needed but blasting people away because they feel “threatened” is bullshit. If a man in blue shoots someone they should be held to the exact same standards I would be if I shot someone on the street. Also, it’s not a dangerous job. For any cop who thinks he risks his life everyday I’d like them to spend a day in the life of a logger or fisherman. Police have less on-the-job fatalities than pilots. This verdict is a step in the right direction. Now lets abandon the special laws that protect them and take their guns away. Only non-fatal weapons should be on a everyday copper.
Riding in a squad car is safer than being a garbage man and cops refuse to deal with their garbage.
They’d rather shoot everybody who reports a rape. They assume somebody is ratting on a Blue Savior or interrupting a nigger’s reparation rights.
What did these liberal progressives pieces of shit think would happen ? Giving a Muslim a gun and a police badge is the stupidest thing they could have done. Islam teaches men to hate women and just use them for sex and children. If any of them would just read the so called holy ( Koran ) they would know .Muslims are taught to hate us ( infidels ) . They are in a war against all us. I don’t care what anyone says.It was deliberate murder.
On the other hand the woman looks like a liberal that would just welcome these creatures into our country with open arms. I hate these liberal fucking women as much as that Muslim. A part me says …good job Mohammed .One less liberal.
Me like’um 1 part of you. Don’t be shy, strip a little more!
Nobody makes the cover of TBP magazine wearing a burka.
Can’t argue with that because I whole heartedly agree with it.
Think about how overwhelming the evidence had to be for this result. Now imagine it was a white cop and a black victim.
Somali-American Police Association (SAPA)
How many members? Two? Three?
I live in Minneapolis, and nobody likes this Somali scum. They are stone-age, with 80 IQ’s. Less than 1/2 the men work.
Well actually Demorats and Progressives like to suck Somali cocks.
It gets better Dutchman, check out the ‘female’ (?) cop on the web page. She done got on her he-jab.
It looks like an association of about a dozen or so bluegums. http://somaliamericanpa.org/
A hijab is a religious symbol I hope someone sues them to make her remove it while in uniform
Very good point.
They’re all in Minneapolis – fucking Somaliville.
And, we know where this is going, right? Growing larger. Getting members elected.
They took a page of study out of the book from Dearborn, MI.
C.A.I.R., anyone?
Anytime one of theirs goes down for something, they put out a narrative to spread concern of
racial stereotyping.
The latest POS is that Somalian actor who recently called for violence against Nazis (another label for anyone advocating white survival), on that CBS show that aired a couple weeks back. The Good Fight. Sure, it was a script he followed, but by doing it, he reveals where he stands. And who writes the narrative. There’s the threat. Time to ridicule morans who watch that shit.
Can’t believe we saw a post recently that advocated the value of movies. A bygone era, when anything of quality, or redeeming values was produced. The garbage BS content manipulation runs deep, and has, since tinseltown began. Broadcast media entertainment is the boogeyman.
Hi Neighbor (I’m from your neck of the woods),
The best line:
Something like:
Noor: I was terrified for my life.
Proscecutor: What, a pink shirt and blonde hair terrified you?
Side note: surprised either of the SAPA members said anything at all; how dare they pile on an already unjustified killing of this woman with charges of rascism? A man who murdered an innocent woman is now the victim?
I hope the reset happens quickly.
Join the discussion…Minnesomalis-the sharia paradise:>
What about the politically correct that made this affirmative action hire. They will not have any consequences at all.
While in prison he can be weaned off of donuts.
_YNCH
I’d like to solve, Pat…
If you put a burka on him he’d look just like the new Sport’s Illustrated model.