“Might he have been qualified only via affirmative action?”
You may have something, there.
“Noor was the first Somali-American officer to join the Minneapolis Police Departments 5th precinct team. He joined the department in March 2015. Before joining the police force, he worked primarily in property management.”
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/07/17/mpd-officer-shot-woman-identified/
I'm sure Minneapolis thought it best that there be Somalis on the police force to represent the large Somali community that George W. Bush imported.