volsrocks
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LIES!! There were indeed protests, a trial, and a conviction.
On July 15, 2017, Justine Damond (née Ruszczyk),[3] a 40-year-old Australian-American woman,[4] was fatally shot by Minneapolis Police Department officer Mohamed Noor after she had called 9-1-1 to report the possible assault of a woman in an alley behind her house. Occurring weeks after a high-profile manslaughter trial acquittal in the 2016 police killing of Philando Castile, also in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the shooting exacerbated existing tensions, attracted national and international press, and led to widespread street protests.[5][6][7]
In April 2019, Noor was tried before a jury on charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. Noor claimed self defense. The jury convicted Noor of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, but he was acquitted on the charge of intentional second degree murder.[8] In June 2019, Noor was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison.
Killing of Justine Damond - Wikipedia
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sentenced to 12.5 years in prison.
And he was free after 3 years....
Of course, following the conviction, the press rushed to the Somali-American Police Association, which issued a statement after the verdict, claiming that racial bias contributed to Noor's conviction. The press took this at face value.
Oh, there were protests locally, but ONLY locally. The Damond incident wasn’t even briefly mentioned outside Minnesota. It certainly didn’t get the wall-to-wall national coverage that the Renee Good shooting got. The reasons should be obvious.
So the next time you see stories about protests surrounding Renee Good, remember Justine Damond. When you do, ask yourself, whose political goals are being served by the volume 11, screaming about one, and comparative silence about the other?
Renee Good and Justine Damond
Explore the stories of Renee Good and Justine Damond, two pivotal incidents in Minneapolis.
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