MN - Justine Damond, 40, fatally shot by Minneapolis LE, 15 July 2017 #3

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  • #61
ilovewings said:
Jurors' implicit biases on the minds of attorneys in Mohamed Noor trial

Interesting article revolving around the race of the defendant which I think is going to play a large part in this trial.
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Personally, I find it abhorrent that race is an explored topic at all in legal trials and jury selection. Isn't Lady Justice supposed to be blind? Neither the race of the defendant, nor the race of the victim/s should be a discussed consideration during jury selection in a legal trial, IMO. The focus should be on personal behavior, personal history, actions, qualifications, etc. This incessant focus on race in criminal trials only perpetuates racial animus and racial divisions in our society, IMO.

It is an example of government promoted racism, IMO, to "question" prospective jurors about their "implicit bias".

It's beyond prejudicial that so called "implicit bias" is allowed to be explored in jury selection, but exploring juror's ideas, attitudes, and opinions on "diversity hiring" programs that waive certain hiring state-mandated qualifications based on the desired "racial" make up of the police force, is not. If it's "fair" to ask jurors about their supposed "implicit bias", then it's "fair" to ask about their opinions on diversity hiring of lesser qualified candidates. Either ask about both, or remain silent on both. My opinion. Yours may vary.

If I need brain surgery, I want the MOST qualified surgeon I can find to dig around in my skull. I could care less what the racial or ethnic distribution of brain surgeons are in my city. We have morally and ethically lost our way as a society when the color of someone's skin, or their ethnic background, is a more compelling justification for hiring than competence and qualifications. *Especially* when there is no shortage of fully qualified applicants. IMO. $0.02.
 
  • #62
mickey2942 said:
@K_Z I think any, and ALL evidence needs to be on the table for this trial. Otherwise, it smacks of coverup for Minneapolis. Let the chips fall where they may. And have no secrets, no hidden evidence.

The only possible justification for not showing all evidence connected with Justine's death is to make it easier for Noor to avoid conviction.
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I agree with you @mickey2942 !
 
  • #63
Oh Lord this just deepens the sadness as I’d forgotten US LE have body cameras. Oh now I realise Justine’s final moments have been captured.

Judge to decide if footage of Justine Ruszczyk's final moments will be aired in court

During the selection process the judge asked one of the women if she thought she could handle watching the body camera footage of Ruszczyk’s final moments before her death.
In response, the woman, became quite emotional and teared up
She told the court that the idea of watching the footage “makes her nauseous”. Despite this, she has been included in the final jury panel.
Judge to decide if Justine Ruszczyk's final moments will be publicly aired
 
  • #64
K_Z said:
Personally, I find it abhorrent that race is an explored topic at all in legal trials and jury selection. Isn't Lady Justice supposed to be blind? Neither the race of the defendant, nor the race of the victim/s should be a discussed consideration during jury selection in a legal trial, IMO. The focus should be on personal behavior, personal history, actions, qualifications, etc. This incessant focus on race in criminal trials only perpetuates racial animus and racial divisions in our society, IMO.

It is an example of government promoted racism, IMO, to "question" prospective jurors about their "implicit bias".

It's beyond prejudicial that so called "implicit bias" is allowed to be explored in jury selection, but exploring juror's ideas, attitudes, and opinions on "diversity hiring" programs that waive certain hiring state-mandated qualifications based on the desired "racial" make up of the police force, is not. If it's "fair" to ask jurors about their supposed "implicit bias", then it's "fair" to ask about their opinions on diversity hiring of lesser qualified candidates. Either ask about both, or remain silent on both. My opinion. Yours may vary.

If I need brain surgery, I want the MOST qualified surgeon I can find to dig around in my skull. I could care less what the racial or ethnic distribution of brain surgeons are in my city. We have morally and ethically lost our way as a society when the color of someone's skin, or their ethnic background, is a more compelling justification for hiring than competence and qualifications. *Especially* when there is no shortage of fully qualified applicants. IMO. $0.02.
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I am not a fan of "Affirmative Action". However, there are many people who don't feel comfortable with a doctor who isn't from their cultural background. I respect this. Sometimes, you don't want the "best" brain surgeon, but the one you feel safe with, and relate to.

It is a balance in our integrated society to ensure that everyone is fairly represented in public service positions. But when it was blatantly evident that Officer Noor wasn't qualified to be a police officer, by several various measures, that should have been an indication that he needed more training or reassignment.
 
  • #65
Los Angeles: A legal stoush has broken out in the US over whether police video of Australian yoga instructor Justine Ruszczyk Damond naked and "gasping for breath in the last moments of her life" should be shown to the media and members of the public.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-...mond-death-video-release-20190406-p51bil.html

Stoush over video showing Justine gasping for final breathes

Prosecutors said Noor and Officer Harrity switched on their body cameras after the shot was fired and it captured their attempts to resuscitate Ms Damond.
 
  • #66
Mohamed Noor trial: What evidence prosecutors have against US police officer
Among the 16, there are: 4 x women; 12 x men; 6 x people of colour; 1 x firefighter; 1 x carpenter; 1 x immigration officer; 1 x grocery shop worker.

With the jury sorted, the case can now begin.
Firstly, up until now, it’s been widely suggested that there was a thump, thud or slap on the back of Noor’s police car that night which startled both him and his offsider, prompting Noor to pull the trigger and kill Justine.
If prosecutors do indeed provide evidence suggesting there was no catalyst that startled Noor, that changes the ball game for the jury.

Why?

Because ultimately this trial is about deadly force and the question of whether Noor was authorised to use it in this case.

The idea that he wasn’t startled by something changes the dynamic of the situation completely.
Mohamed Noor trial: What evidence prosecutors have against US police officer


 
  • #67
Wed 21 Mar 2018

Noor did claim to have feared for his life, that fear was not “objectively reasonable” and therefore the use of deadly force was not justified.
“In the short time between when Ms Damond Ruszczyk approached the squad car and the time that Noor fired the fatal shot, there is no evidence that officer Noor encountered a threat, appreciated a threat, investigated a threat or confirmed a threat that justified his decision to use deadly force,” Freeman said in prepared remarks. “Instead, officer Noor recklessly and intentionally fired his handgun from the passenger seat, in disregard for human life.”
The officers did not turn on their body cameras until after the shooting and there was no squad camera video.

Justine Damond shooting: police officer Mohamed Noor charged with murder
 
  • #68
Trial is underway in Minneapolis. Local journalist Lou Raguse (KARE 11) is tweeting on the breaks. You can follow his tweets here if you wish.

https://twitter.com/LouRaguse?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Here are some tweets from this morning. Interesting detail coming out in opening statements-- there is apparently no forensic evidence on the car to indicate that Justine touched it, thumped on it, or hit it, and Officer Harrity didn't mention anything about hearing the "thump" until 3 days after Justine died. That is certainly not how it was portrayed to the public over the last year and a half, so that seems pretty significant, IMO.
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    1. Opening statements to begin this morning in the Mohamed Noor trial. We expect first the judge will issue a couple rulings, so I don't think openings will start right at 9am. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond




    2. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 1h1 hour ago
      Break about to end, defense about to give openings. i'm running back inside now. See you at lunch. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond




    3. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 1h1 hour ago
      Lofton shows another part of their strategy -- that BCA either lazily or willfully didn't fully investigate this case the way they should have at the beginning. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond




    4. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 1h1 hour ago
      Lofton said no fingerprints, no forensic evidence shows that Justine Ruszczyk Damond touched that police car. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond


    Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 1h1 hour ago
    Then 3 days later in BCA interview, partner Matthew Harrity mentions "thump," for the first time, Lofton said. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond




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    Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 1h1 hour ago
    Lofton said Harrity gave quick statement to responding officer then another statement to Sgt who arrived -- said they were spooked but never said Justine tapped the car. Lofton said that came as BCA investigator later speculated. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond




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    Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 1h1 hour ago
    Lofton: "OK the police are here. Those were teh last words Justine Ruszczyk ever said to her fiance Don Damond." She saw the squad car, went over, "1 minute 19 seconds later she said the words 'I'm dying.'" #NoorTrial #JustineDamond



    [*]Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 1h1 hour ago
    Opening statements are underway with a clear and easy to follow story told by prosecutor Patrick Lofton #NoorTrial #JustineDamond




    [*]Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 4h4 hours ago
    Justine Ruszczyk Damond’s fiancé Don Damond just arrived at court. He is expected to be one of the state’s first witnesses so possibly testifying today. He was the last person to talk to Justine, on the phone right before she was shot. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond
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  • #69
Lunch break. Lou Raguse is tweeting about the call Noor and Harrity responded to 90 min earlier in the same location, about the woman with dementia crying out.

Lou Raguse (@LouRaguse) | Twitter

*Read these from the bottom up for chonological coherence.

  1. Lofton: then, 1h 20m later, Justine calls 911 to say she heard something that concerned her in they alley. Possibly a woman having sex or being raped. Less than 1 min later, Noor and Harrity are dispatched. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond





  2. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 8m8 minutes ago
    Officers Mohamed Noor and Matthew Harrity take this call to check on this woman. they arrive at the bus stop she is last seen, two blocks from Justine's house, and can't find her. They leave and take a dinner break #NoorTrial #JustineDamond




  3. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 8m8 minutes ago
    McIlvenna said the woman looked out of place, with unusually warm clothing on this hot summer night, possibly with dementia. She follows her calling 911 two more times, once 3 blocks from Justine's home. Then 2 blocks away. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond



  4. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 8m8 minutes ago
    Lofton says the story doesn't start with Justine running outside to flag down the officers. It starts earlier in the night when a woman named Patricia McIlvenna called 911 to report a woman who seemed to need help, 4 blocks from Justine's house. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond





  5. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 8m8 minutes ago
    The same iPhone she was just talking to her fiance Don Damond.. and had made two 911 calls just before. Lofton tells jurors they will prove Mohamed Noor is guilty of 3 crimes, Murder 2, Murder 3, and Manslaughter 2 #NoorTrial #JustineDamond





  6. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 13m13 minutes ago
    Lofton explains 1 min 19 sec later, she said her last words heard by Officer Matthew Harrity, "I'm dying," while cradling a gunshot wound to her lower left abdomen. Holding nothing in her hand. The only thing previously in her hand was her gold iPhone. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond





  7. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 13m13 minutes ago
    Lofton had this photograph of Justine on the monitor as he began speaking -- the photo we all know from this case. He began by quoting, as I mentioned before, Justine's last words to her fiance: "OK, the police are here." #NoorTrial #JustineDamond

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  8. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 16m16 minutes ago
    Prosecutor Patrick Lofton was calm - preferring to stand adjacent to the podium, making apparent gestures to connect with jurors - and only moving back behind the podium when asked by Judge Quaintance. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond





  9. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 16m16 minutes ago
    Now I am going to back up to the prosecution's opening statement - and bring you more in detail through both theirs and the defense's full stories to the jury. We are in a lunch break now, so not as rushed as earlier. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond





  10. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 16m16 minutes ago
    "This was a perfect storm with tragic consequences," Wold said -- telling the jury that both Noor and Harrity thought they were being ambushed. "That's exactly what crossed Matthew Harrity's mind when he heard the noise." #NoorTrial #JustineDamond





  11. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 16m16 minutes ago
    Wold: "In the silence of that night - a bang. What happened in the next split seconds are what this case is all about." #NoorTrial #JustineDamond





  12. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 20m20 minutes ago
    Wold's opening slowly rose over the course of 45 minutes to the point where he described the partners stopped at the end of the alley to let a bicyclist pass through, when *SLAP* "on the back of the squad" as Wold slaps his hand down on the table - making us jump #NoorTrial





  13. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 21m21 minutes ago
    Defense opening statement ended up being effective as well, although got off to a slower start with attorney Peter Wold accidentally referring to Justine as "Janine Ruszczyk." Began telling Mohamed Noor's life story. He goes by "Mo" to friends and family. #NoorTrial





  14. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 1h1 hour ago
    Break about to end, defense about to give openings. i'm running back inside now. See you at lunch. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond


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  • #70
More tweets from Lou Raguse about the "slap" and the previous 911 calls about the woman with dementia: (apologies for the odd formatting.)

  1. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 2m2 minutes ago
    Lofton: Barnette told Olson, "Something must have spooked them." Olson replies, "Maybe something came into contact with the squad." Then Barnette offers, "Maybe she slapped the squad." The proseuction will argue this is where the "Slap" idea originated. VERY IMPORTANT #NoorTrial

  2. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 2m2 minutes ago
    Lofton tells the jury they will see a lot of body camera video with "deafening silence." But there is no talk of a slap, thump or noise in either statement given by Harrity. But then BCA Agent Chris Olson arrives and talks with Barnette. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond


  3. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 2m2 minutes ago
    Lofton said the video shows Officer Noor demonstrating how he raised both hands, aimed and fired at Justine Ruszczyk. It then took some time to figure out Justine was the same woman who called 911. When they determined that, BCA took over for MPD at the scene. #NoorTrial
  4. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 2m2 minutes ago
    Lofton: Sgt. Barnette then turned off her body camera to approach Officer Noor who is in another squad car. The body camera records 30 sec of video but not audio prior to being turned on. So it shows silent video of Noor explaining to her, when she turns it back on. #NoorTrial


  5. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 2m2 minutes ago
    Lofton: then Sgt. Shannon Barnette responds to scene and Harrity tells her, "She just came up out of nowhere. We both got spooked, and I had my gun out. I didn't fire. Then Officer Noor fired," #NoorTrial #JustineDamond


  6. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 7m7 minutes ago
    Lofton: Harrity said, "She just spook. Came up on us. One shot." Lofton says Fahey responded, "Lets try to work up a suspect" and Harrity said, "No. Our shots fired." #NoorTrial #JustineDamond


    Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 7m7 minutes ago
  7. Lofton: Before turning on body camera, Harrity heard the words, "I'm dying." Noor turned his body camera on. They take turns doing chest compressions. Harrity makes radio call "530, shots fired." Every PD on patrol responds. Officer Tom Fahey asks, "What happened" #NoorTrial


  8. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 9m9 minutes ago
    Lofton: Harrity got out to help. She was still standing. He opened the door without it touching her. She goes to the ground. He activates his body camera. 1min 19 sec after Justine got off the phone with Don Damond. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond


    Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 9m9 minutes ago
  9. Lofton: Harrity looks to the left and saw "the head and shoulders of a person. A silhouette. Can't tell if man, woman, adult or child." Then sees a flash, hears a pop, looks left, "sees a female. a barefoot female wearing pajamas." #NoorTrial #JustineDamond

  10. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 9m9 minutes ago
    Lofton: Then Harrity "senses a sound" according to him, "sensed a light voice or murmer." Then says he heard a thump or noise, something hit the squad. Lofton says he will come back to that. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond

  11. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 9m9 minutes ago
    Lofton: Then a young man in a bike drives from right to left in front of them. They are waiting for him to pass then clear the area. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond
Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 9m9 minutes ago
  1. Lofton: They turn the lights back on. Noor is on squad computer, enters "Code 4 in computer." Lofton says, "This means the coast is clear. Officers are safe. Not in danger or under attack" #NoorTrial #JustineDamond



  2. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 9m9 minutes ago
    Lofton: Justine calls 911 again, concerned the officers had her address wrong since they haven't arrived. Dispatcher lets Noor and Harrity know caller called back for ETA. Noor and Harrity pull through alley with lights off, guns out. Kept driving until end of alley. #NoorTrial


  3. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 9m9 minutes ago
    Lofton: they were dispatched to "woman screaming." Back to the same alley where they were for McIlvenna call, which they already know is "by far the neighborhood with least crime in city of Minneapolis" Lofton says. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond



  4. Lou Raguse‏Verified account @LouRaguse 16m16 minutes ago
    Lofton: then, 1h 20m later, Justine calls 911 to say she heard something that concerned her in they alley. Possibly a woman having sex or being raped. Less than 1 min later, Noor and Harrity are dispatched. #NoorTrial #JustineDamond

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Jurors selected to hear murder trial of ex-Minneapolis officer Mohamed Noor. Here’s what we know about them.

April 8, 2019

"A jury of 12 men and four women was seated Monday to hear the trial of Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman who called 911 to report a possible rape near her home...."

What we know about jurors selected for Mohamed Noor trial
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Events in Minneapolis officer’s shooting of 911 caller

April 8, 2019

"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A timeline of key moments in the July 15, 2017, fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, an unarmed woman who had called 911 to report a possible crime, and the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Mohamed Noor:..."

Events in Minneapolis officer's shooting of 911 caller

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  • #74
Mohamed Noor attorney: ‘Perfect storm’ led to Justine Damond’s death

April 9, 2019

"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman as she approached his squad car after calling 911 was reacting to a loud noise and feared an ambush, his attorney said Tuesday, calling the shooting “a perfect storm with tragic consequences.”

Mohamed Noor and his partner were rolling down a dark alley in response to a call from Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia, who contacted police about a possible sexual assault. That’s when a bicyclist appeared in front of them and they heard “a bang,” defense attorney Peter Wold said.

“It is the next split second that this case is all about,” Wold said in his opening statement at Noor’s trial on murder and manslaughter charges...."

Mohamed Noor trial: Justine Damond didn't touch SUV, prosecutor says
 
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