,
7 tweets,
2 min read
Read on Twitter
BREAKING: Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who killed a white woman, was found guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Noor, who's Somali, is the first police officer in Minnesota to be convicted of an on-duty shooting.
Noor, who's Somali, is the first police officer in Minnesota to be convicted of an on-duty shooting.
We can't ignore the racial dynamics in this case. It took the killing of a white woman in a white neighborhood in Minneapolis for prosecutors to charge a black officer who is an immigrant and Muslim.
Mohamed Noor will spend the holy month of Ramadan in prison and will be sentenced around the Muslim holiday of Eid.
BREAKING: The Somali American Police Association releases a statement: "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."
after Officer Noor reveals that there were other motives at play other than serving justice."
In a statement, the Somali American Police Association says it "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."
"Will other (white) officers be held accountable for killing civilians in Minnesota, in light of this verdict? Not likely." - Civil rights lawyer @nvlevy.
And @shaunking: "Had the roles been reversed and a white cop killed a Black Muslim immigrant woman, he’d get off. No question."
