Former Minneapolis policeman and black Somali immigrant Mohamed Noor was convicted in the fatal shooting of a white Australian woman. The 2015 killing was a mirror image to a wave of black men and teens killed by U.S. police
FILE PHOTO: Mohamed Noor walks into the courthouse on the first day of opening arguments of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor, charged in the 2017 fatal shooting of 40-year-old Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk Damond, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Adam Bettcher
Mohamed Noor, 33, was convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for killing 40-year-old Damond outside her home near Minneapolis, in an incident that drew international criticism including from Australia’s prime minister, who called the incident “shocking.” The judge ordered Noor to be taken into custody. Noor was handcuffed and escorted by two sheriff’s deputies out of the court.
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