For those asking how it's covered elsewhere BBC had it front page (may still be):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40639140
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40639140
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Australian woman calls 911, shot dead by responding police in Minneapolis
- Thread starter Dead Man
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Can't stop won't stop.
Nah none of them seem to have catched anything.
Time to invest in a bodycam so when the police kill you there might be some evidence of them fearing for their life cause PJs are illegal.
chromatic9
Member
When first hearing I thought it was the police going down the side of a house or alley and got startled by the women and shot her being trigger happy cops.
Guy shot a white lady across his partner's body from inside his patrol car and has a troubling career history. Same thing happens with Trump stans when they can't make a Hillary distraction.
TwEE-N-Toast
Banned
And the other side? Where did they go?
Black cop, white woman. They'll let us have this one.
Same reason there NRA didn't give a fuck about the Castile murder. It's not actually about cops, for them.
They're in here? They're the ones that got this thread to 5 pages so far.
Jawbreaker
Member
One would hope so.
I get the feeling there gonna throw him under the bus
Well damn. I'm expecting the police union to not offer unilateral support like they normally do.
ErasureAcer
Banned
Update:
BCA has interviewed driver Harrity.
Noor refuses to speak to BCA which is a right.
Harrity apparently said they were driving down alley and heard a loud sound and then the victim appeared where Noor immediately shot her.
Source: Breaking The News 6:30 newscast...local NBC affiliate.
Mayor is apparently speaking at 8pm if I heard right. An hour from now for international friends.
The loud sound was probably her door shutting. Fucking idiots.
BCA has interviewed driver Harrity.
Noor refuses to speak to BCA which is a right.
Harrity apparently said they were driving down alley and heard a loud sound and then the victim appeared where Noor immediately shot her.
Source: Breaking The News 6:30 newscast...local NBC affiliate.
Mayor is apparently speaking at 8pm if I heard right. An hour from now for international friends.
The loud sound was probably her door shutting. Fucking idiots.
Sounds like one idiot in this case.
ErasureAcer
Banned
Fireworks apparently is the source of the loud bang.
One Somali officer is "scared" of the media and their microphones.
"This is scaring our families. It's difficult to deal with some media groups going to other Somali police officer's houses who are not involved in this shooting. It makes it hard to do the job when you're worried for your family."
The media isn't going to kill your family dude. Kick this fucker off the force. He is delusional.
One Somali officer is "scared" of the media and their microphones.
"This is scaring our families. It's difficult to deal with some media groups going to other Somali police officer's houses who are not involved in this shooting. It makes it hard to do the job when you're worried for your family."
The media isn't going to kill your family dude. Kick this fucker off the force. He is delusional.
GoldenEye 007
Member
IDK, sounds like a standard police sentiment. Media and questions are the enemy. Don't see what's so different versus other cops out there.
Angelus Errare
Banned
For some reason I can't put my finger on, BlueLivesMatter are silent on this. Again not completely sure why yea.
Thankfully we know he'll face justice and serve a prison sentence.
Thankfully we know he'll face justice and serve a prison sentence.
ErasureAcer
Banned
Maybe the Somali officer is friends with the other Somali officers and the media wants some personal takes on who this murdering cop is? Doesn't seem to outlandish a thought.
Who is the cop who killed the woman. We talk with his colleagues to find out but oh wait, they're scared for their families' safety because we're armed with microphones and cameras. It's preposterous. Cameras of course would turn off if one requested it, too.
andythinkpad
Member
Somali American police officer vs Australian white woman.
Which character has more plot armor?
Which character has more plot armor?
Elegant Weapon
Member
Considering the only "she should have complied", "was she a thug/on drugs?", "police have such a tough job" type comments I've seen have been from sarcastic black people and not from the usual folks, it's pretty obvious
ErasureAcer
Banned
Press Conference is now at 8:15(6 minutes away).
Another link: http://www.startribune.com/startribune-livestream-breaking-news/435274803/ already airing the podium(it works).
Youtube
Now they say another 5 minutes and they're sorry for the delay. So 8:25 Central time.
Another link: http://www.startribune.com/startribune-livestream-breaking-news/435274803/ already airing the podium(it works).
Youtube
Now they say another 5 minutes and they're sorry for the delay. So 8:25 Central time.
ErasureAcer
Banned
It's starting
killamajig
Member
So they still don't know anything.
Relentless 757
Member
History shows that this is not true.
Proportionally, African Americans are more likely to be shot and killed by police while unarmed, this is true. From what it seems though, that regardless of race of who was shot, the cop is more often than not going to be acquitted anyway. Though, maybe the narrative this time will be different. No precedent to assume so.
The Faceless Master
Member
ErasureAcer
Banned
We don't have the death penalty, thankfully.
This dude should rot in jail.
ErasureAcer
Banned
Pretty pathetic briefing.
Anyone who watched, know the mayor is likely to be defeated this fall(2017) as Minneapolis has ranked choice voting for city elections and she finished third in the Democratic endorsement primary(which no one was endorsed). Pretty bad for a sitting mayor.
She came off at times during this briefing like she was campaigning...especially when responding to why the cities' response is different from Jamar Clark a black man killed by police and the officers never tried by the County Attorney, "I listened to the people that wanted more transparency," Mayor Hodges claimed.
Glad she changed her stance of transparency in asking the BCA for stuff so she can get it out to the people but I never heard of this new found policy of hers before this event and after the Jamar Clark investigation(which was stonewalled in releasing anything by the BCA because apparently the Mayor never asked).
As said before, without prior knowledge of this shift(which there hasn't been any to my knowledge til today) her effort to get information out as well as her somber mood reeks of favoring the white woman over the black man.
Anyone who watched, know the mayor is likely to be defeated this fall(2017) as Minneapolis has ranked choice voting for city elections and she finished third in the Democratic endorsement primary(which no one was endorsed). Pretty bad for a sitting mayor.
She came off at times during this briefing like she was campaigning...especially when responding to why the cities' response is different from Jamar Clark a black man killed by police and the officers never tried by the County Attorney, "I listened to the people that wanted more transparency," Mayor Hodges claimed.
Glad she changed her stance of transparency in asking the BCA for stuff so she can get it out to the people but I never heard of this new found policy of hers before this event and after the Jamar Clark investigation(which was stonewalled in releasing anything by the BCA because apparently the Mayor never asked).
As said before, without prior knowledge of this shift(which there hasn't been any to my knowledge til today) her effort to get information out as well as her somber mood reeks of favoring the white woman over the black man.
Royce McCutcheon
Junior Member
This is the most fantastic happening, the Yahoo quotes fuels my soul with it's hypocrisy.
"Where's BLM now?"
"See! We're not protesting and rioting"
"How could this cop make such a reckless decision, she wasn't doing anything!"
It's amazing how empathy don't work when the color is a few shades darker.
"Where's BLM now?"
"See! We're not protesting and rioting"
"How could this cop make such a reckless decision, she wasn't doing anything!"
It's amazing how empathy don't work when the color is a few shades darker.
Relentless 757
Member
The suggestion that BLM is some black supremacists movement hell bent on murdering every cop unfortunately won't go. We can blame Fox News and other conservative pundits for that BS.
As for not protesting, they should fucking speak for themselves. I protest for all victims of police brutality. It just so happens that usually the victim in question is a person of color, and this is a fact that I can recognize, even as a white male. In this case, they were white. Still a victim of police brutality, and you should still fight nonetheless.
She might have been from literally the other side of the world but she was still white.
andythinkpad
Member
Well I court the Australian part a minus, white part a plus, and a push on the look.
The other guy a cop a major ++, Muslim name a -, black another -
So a tie according to my scorecard.
BbC reporting vigils in Australia and Australian government publicly declaring it will demand answers and resolution.
Released info suggests the cop jumped at his own shadow due to firework going off and shot her without warning or consideration.
Taking other aspects into account I don't see any closing of ranks being likely here. The fuck up is obvious and lack of protocol clear. Have to imagine he's going to get shoved forward to take full blame as individual instead.
Released info suggests the cop jumped at his own shadow due to firework going off and shot her without warning or consideration.
Taking other aspects into account I don't see any closing of ranks being likely here. The fuck up is obvious and lack of protocol clear. Have to imagine he's going to get shoved forward to take full blame as individual instead.
encephalon
Member
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/18/us/minneapolis-woman-killed-by-police/index.html
Internal Affairs: did you shoot her
Noor: i can't say
Internal Affairs: Okay, we're done. Let him go.
Internal Affairs: did you shoot her
Noor: i can't say
Internal Affairs: Okay, we're done. Let him go.
"Startled by a sound and shot through the driver side window in panic as someone walked up to the car".
So what you're telling me is murder? Sounds like a pussy who should never have been police in the first place just murdered someone who called for help.
"PROTECT AND SERVE" 😂😂
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So what you're telling me is murder? Sounds like a pussy who should never have been police in the first place just murdered someone who called for help.
"PROTECT AND SERVE" 😂😂
Nothing to be outraged about since she's white.
🤔
Glitchesarecool
Member
The safest bet is to livestream your dashcam so it's archived on Twitch.
And the_Donald spitting fire about this. Yep, whole thing is a smokescreen.
DarthMasta
Member
Here's the thing, this story is sad as shit, but at the end of the day, it's how the American public wants it's officers to behave.
Shoot first, kill the bad guys, take no chances since anyone can be carrying an arsenal to put to shame Hollywood bad guys. And when it backfires, well, there are no angels in this world, usually easy to portray the victim in a bad light.
Try to avoid shooting well off white people though, that was this officer's mistake, he used the standard MO when he should have been using the "people who matter" MO.
Shoot first, kill the bad guys, take no chances since anyone can be carrying an arsenal to put to shame Hollywood bad guys. And when it backfires, well, there are no angels in this world, usually easy to portray the victim in a bad light.
Try to avoid shooting well off white people though, that was this officer's mistake, he used the standard MO when he should have been using the "people who matter" MO.
that's the end result of the law covering for the law, so much to the point that they have damaged their original purpose. they had to have a pretext for all these unnecessary and unlawful murders, so 'America, the wild west' narrative is born. We don't want police to just go in guns blazing, but when they do...we have to excuse it. because casting out authority figures in doubt weakens them, so they don't allow it often.