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Justine Damond: Killed by “Islamophobia”
Frontpagemagazine ^ | July 21, 2017 | Robert Spencer

Posted on 07/21/2017 5:01:44 AM PDT by SJackson

Political correctness put her in the way of a “nervous, jumpy” Muslim cop who took her life.

A forty-year-old Australian woman named Justine Damond called 911 in Minneapolis Saturday night to report what she thought might be a rape; when police arrived, she approached the police car, and a Minneapolis police officer named Mohamed Noor shot her dead. Since then, Noor has refused to be interviewed by investigators, but has spoken to friends about what happened and why. The more Noor and those who know him have spoken, the more it becomes clear: Justine Damond was a casualty of “Islamophobia.”

Mohamed Noor is a Somali Muslim. He was the first Somali Muslim on the Minneapolis police force. In 2016, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges expressed her excitement about that fact: “I want to take a moment to recognize Officer Mohamed Noor, the newest Somali officer in the Minneapolis Police Department. Officer Noor has been assigned to the 5th Precinct, where his arrival has been highly celebrated, particularly by the Somali community in and around Karmel Mall.”

Hodges wasn’t excited because Mohamed Noor had the skills necessary to become a fine police officer. She was only excited because he represented a religious and ethnic that she was anxious to court. And it is increasingly clear, as we learn about Mohamed Noor’s nervousness and jumpiness and lack of respect for women, and from his own account of events that he relayed to friends (that he was “startled” and reacted by opening fire), that Mohamed Noor was not cut out to be a policeman. He did not have the temperament for it, and if he hadn’t killed Justine Damond, he would likely have done something similar at some point.

So why was he on the force at all? Because he was the first Somali Muslim on the Minneapolis police force. He was a symbol of our glorious multicultural mosaic. He was a rebuke to “Islamophobes” and proof that what they say is false. Minneapolis authorities placed a great deal of faith in Mohamed Noor. He was for them the triumph of diversity, the victory of their worldview. But he has let them down. 

Mohamed Noor is not a jihad terrorist. This was not a jihad attack. He is just a trigger-happy, panicky, reckless individual who held his job not because he was fit for it, but because of what he symbolized. And in the wake of his failure, Minneapolis multiculturalists aren’t about to reconsider their religion. On the contrary, they are doubling down. Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges has immediately recognized — as authorities do everywhere after jihad attacks — that the real victims are not those who were killed or wounded, but the Muslim community. She should have issued a statement saying that she recognized that Mohamed Noor was not hired because he was competent, but because he was a Somali Muslim, and that she sees now that Leftist social engineering on the police force costs lives. She should have promised that from now on, police officers will be hired based on their fitness for the job, not their religion or ethnicity.

Instead, this, from Hodges’ Facebook page:

Betsy Hodges
17 hrs · Minneapolis, MN · 

To the Somali community: I want you to know that you are a valued and appreciated part of Minneapolis. I stand with you and support you. The strength and beauty of the Somali and East African communities are a vital part of what makes Minneapolis so strong and beautiful. I am grateful to be your neighbor.

This week a Somali police officer, Officer Mohamed Noor, shot and killed a woman under circumstances we don’t yet comprehend. Justine Damond’s death was tragic and awful for everyone. And I want to be very clear that Officer Noor, a fully trained officer in the Minneapolis Police Department, won’t be treated differently than any other officer.

Justine’s death is a tragedy for our city. We cannot compound that tragedy by turning to racism, xenophobia, and Islamophobia. It is unjust and ridiculous to assert that an entire community be held responsible for the actions of one person. That will not be tolerated in Minneapolis. If you are experiencing discrimination, you can file a complaint at http://www.minneapolismn.gov/civil…/discrimination-complaint

Mayor Hodges is reassuring Muslims and warning against “Islamophobia,” as if a non-Muslim police officer had shot an unarmed Muslim woman. But that’s not what happened. And in issuing this warning, Hodges is only reinforcing the false premises that led to the killing of Justine Damond in the first place: the idea that Muslims are a victimized, persecuted community that needs special consideration, such that an incompetent Muslim police officer had to be hired. This just ensures that in the future, there will be more Justine Damonds.

Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and author of the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book is The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Free Speech (and Its Enemies). Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.

 


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; US: Minnesota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: australia; islam; leo; minneapolis; minnesota; mohamednoor; robertspencer; sharia; somalia
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1 posted on 07/21/2017 5:01:44 AM PDT by SJackson
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Mohamed Noor is not a jihad terrorist. This was not a jihad attack. He is just a trigger-happy, panicky, reckless individual who held his job not because he was fit for it, but because of what he symbolized.

I'll accept that, but given his refusal to speak with investigators, and a lack of information on his background, it may not be true. More important, what has his background taught him about inappropriately dressed women.

I'd suggest political correctness is the issue rather than Islamaphobia. I suspect there are other tokens on the force.

2 posted on 07/21/2017 5:06:10 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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More like affirmative action. That’s what killed her. And an insane immigration policy. Why are we importing more of these 70 IQ moslems again? Can’t let any White South Africans in tho it seems, even though there’s a real genocide going on there.That would be raciss.


3 posted on 07/21/2017 5:08:24 AM PDT by 383rr
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To: SJackson
"Minneapolis Mayor Hodges LIED: Police Dept Regs Say Noor CAN Be Compelled To Give A Statement Or Fire Him If He Refuses"

http://pamelageller.com/2017/07/hodges-lied-noor-can-be-compelled.html/


4 posted on 07/21/2017 5:09:29 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
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To: SJackson

“..........police officers will be hired based on their fitness for the job, not their religion or ethnicity.”.....

Here’s a question for the good mayor, “You mean to suggest doing away with affirmative action?”


5 posted on 07/21/2017 5:11:21 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: SJackson
After a thousand years of first-cousin inbreeding, the average IQ in Somalia is a whopping 68. All they know is war and savagery.

You might as well try to harness a wild-caught wolf into a dogsled team with huskies.


6 posted on 07/21/2017 5:11:54 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

“...can’t be forced to make a statement...” Smelled fishier than Redondo pier at afternoon low tide.....

KYPD


7 posted on 07/21/2017 5:14:23 AM PDT by petro45acp (" It IS About Islam: exposing the truth about ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the caliphate" by Glenn Beck)
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To: SJackson

I haven’t heard anything about his social media history, if he has one. If he’s made radical statements in the past, hiring him just to have a token Muslim is even more egregious.


8 posted on 07/21/2017 5:14:45 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: SJackson

This is my take on this murder. The cop is a Muslim first and a LEO second (or third,etc.) They two cops pull up to the scene and the blond woman dressed in her PJs leans down to talk to the cop driving. Maybe she exposed a bit to much cleavage (unintentionally) doing this and Mad Mo went into a Rag Rage and killed the offending woman for Allah.


9 posted on 07/21/2017 5:16:39 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Government can make you feel so small and mean.-John Steinbeck)
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To: DaveA37

“......Officer Noor, a FULLY TRAINED OFFICER in the Minneapolis Police Department....”...........

If Noor met the qualification of their training, I’d suggest a retraining program is in order for their entire department.

More appropriate, I would suggest a comprehensive “fit for the job” evaluation before even considering to hire. This guy seems to have some baggage he is carrying from the other reports I have read.


10 posted on 07/21/2017 5:17:35 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: SJackson

Mayor Hodges and the Minneapolis Demonicrats murdered Justine Damond, who they sacrificed on the satanic altar of diversity, in order to allow Muslims to become (sharia) law enforcement officers.


11 posted on 07/21/2017 5:18:56 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: SJackson
Political correctness put her in the way of a “nervous, jumpy” Muslim cop who took her life.

Nervous, jumpy cops kill people in this country all the time. Diamond and Castillo in Minnesota, Terence Crutcher and Eric Harris in Oklahoma, Tamir Rice and Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams and John Crawford in Ohio, Keith Scott in North Carolina and Walter Scott in South Carolina and Erik Scott in Nevada, Christopher Roupe in Georgia, the list goes on and on and on. Black officers, white officers, Hispanic officers, Muslim officers, it all can't be due to "political correctness".

12 posted on 07/21/2017 5:20:46 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: SJackson

I’ll admit to feeling Islamophobic over this incident. When the crazy AA hire gets to walk around with a gun and the color of the law,there is good reason for concern.


13 posted on 07/21/2017 5:21:18 AM PDT by BraveMan
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To: SJackson

Watch this “Dogs Decoded” documentary starting at 31 minutes, about a wolf puppy raised in a home with humans. Perfect analogy to putting a Somali into a MN police uniform.

At two months, you can’t tell a “domesticated” wolf puppy “no.” It just doesn’t care. It just wants to destroy everything.”

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/dogs-decoded/

But we think that MN’s “magic dirt” will turn a Somali wolf into “Minnesota nice?” PC insanity.


14 posted on 07/21/2017 5:23:22 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Takeaway from above, NOVA narrator quote:

“It’s impossible to turn a wolf puppy into a dog, no matter how much it is loved and nurtured.”


15 posted on 07/21/2017 5:25:35 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler; shibumi

Murder, murder most foul....ping


16 posted on 07/21/2017 5:26:27 AM PDT by Salamander (Where is evil? Often where you least expect it.)
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To: 4yearlurker

Maybe her pajamas had cute dogs printed on them.


17 posted on 07/21/2017 5:27:48 AM PDT by Salamander (Where is evil? Often where you least expect it.)
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To: Travis McGee

Fascinating


18 posted on 07/21/2017 5:30:45 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Travis McGee

“Dogs and wolves are still the same species today, they can easily interbreed. Overall wolves and dogs are 99.8% genetically identical. Given that they are biologically so similar, is it the way we raise them in our homes that makes a dog? Researchers in Hungary set out to answer this question.”

Answer: epic fail. A wolf puppy cannot be “nurtured” into behaving like a dog, even though they are 99.8% genetically identical.


19 posted on 07/21/2017 5:34:39 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Too soon ?


20 posted on 07/21/2017 5:35:20 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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