Posted on 07/17/2017 1:13:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A woman shot and killed by Minneapolis police had called 911 to report a possible crime near her home, a source who knew her said.
Justine Ruszczyk called 911 on Saturday night because she thought a sexual assault might be taking place in a back alley near her home, the source said.
But, after Minneapolis police arrived, an officer shot and killed Ruszczyk.
Police still haven’t explained how, or why.
“Working to learn more”
The shooting happened as two Minneapolis police officers responded to a 911 call reporting a possible assault shortly before 11 p.m., Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges said.
The officers were wearing body cameras, but they were not turned on during the incident, the mayor said.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is now handling the case. The DPS’ Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said authorities are in the initial stages of investigation and “working to learn more about the events that transpired.”
“As mayor of our city, a wife and a grandmother, I am heartsick and deeply disturbed by what occurred last night,” Hodges said Sunday. “There are still many questions about what took place and, while the investigation is still in its early stages, I am asking the BCA to release as much information as quickly as they are able to.”
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office has not released the woman’s autopsy report.
Shock in Australia
Ruszczyk was originally from Australia, though she was a US citizen because her father holds US citizenship, the source who knew her said.
Her death made headlines across Australia. The country’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it is providing consular assistance to the woman’s family.
Ruszczyk had lived in the United States since April 2014 and was living with her fiancé at the time of her death, the source said. They were planning to marry in August.
‘She was a healer’
According to her website, Ruszczyk trained as a veterinarian and later became a yoga instructor and life coach.
On Sunday, members of Women’s March Minnesota honored her in a vigil. Chalk drawings on the driveway where they gathered said she would be remembered as “a loving woman, a light to everyone.”
“This woman was a beautiful light. She was a healer. She was loved. She should still be here,” one woman said to applause. “This should not have happened… That could’ve been me. That could’ve been you. That could’ve been you. That could’ve been any of us. And, we’re gonna talk, and we’re gonna work as a community to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”
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>> “That is true...” <<
No, it isn’t.
Nothing Lurkinanloomin has ever posted on the subject has been true, and he does this crap just to troll.
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You can bet it will be MONTHS before the police concoct a story exonerating their attack dog and blaming the white lady in her pajamas for making the police ‘fear for their lives’.
And there will be no statements while there is an ‘investigation in progress’.
I bet they killed her because she was ‘packing a cell phone’.
“There is NO situation so bad it cannot be made WORSE by the presence of a policeman”.
Cops name is Mohamed Noor, a Somali immigrant cop.
Shot her 3 times, not an accident.
The cop being a mussie will have CAIR and other lib’s backing him up saying that the woman was a threat and he was afraid for his life.
Holy krap...still obsessed about the Cruz thing? When the muzzies slice your head off you will be screaming about Cruz, won’t you?
It was just as inane a comment the second time.
Union rules usually give officers 24-48 “cooling off” time before they have to answer questions. That way they have time to cook up and coordinate their version of the truth.
And why the investigation is in perpetual Sgt. Schultz mode.
Back in 1968 I acquired a S&W Model 19 .357 magnum with a 6” barrel. I almost immediately took it to a safe place and put two rounds through it, deliberately without hearing protection, at about 4:00 p.m. My ears were still ringing at 10:00 p.m. No way I’d discharge any police grade firearm inside a vehicle unless my life, or a companion’s life, was desperately and immediately threatened. This individual has A LOT of explaining to do. Otherwise he could be looking at Murder I.
“Somali students are constantly being verbally (and sometimes physically) assaulted...by the school’s native black population.”
If American-born blacks get it about Somalis, why can’t the rest of us?
I’m wondering what his partner is saying right now. If he reached across to fire his gun, that gun must have been right near his face when he fired.
She was in her pajamas.
I always wear mine prior to committing a rape, don’t you?
Probably came out to inform the officers what she saw/ heard
The Sammy got spooked and shot her
Do I finally get to see that attack of the viking kitties?
Or someone getting the “ZOT”?
“I’m sorry, I can’t hear you”
“Shot her 3 times, not an accident.”
I hope they got blood for drug testing from the cop. No matter what, this guy should never be back on the street as a police officer.
Let it go man. Ted ain’t the president is he?
So she was reporting an assault in an alleyway. Was it a sexual assault? If so, was the cop carrying out Sharia Law?
I bet his ears will be ringing from now until Christmas.
Probably had a cellphone to her ear while talking to the cop and the idiot that shot her thought it was a gun or some such his lawyer will propose.
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