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FULL TITLE: Parents of Boy Thrown Off Mall of America Balcony Decry Assailant’s Actions as ‘Evil’ But Forgive Him During Sentencing The parents of a 5-year-old Minnesota boy who survived being thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America decried the assailant’s actions as “evil” while saying they forgive him at a hearing Monday where a judge handed down a 19-year prison sentence. Emmanuel Aranda showed little emotion during his hearing. When Hennepin County District Judge Jeannice Reding asked whether Aranda wanted to say anything on his own behalf, the 24-year-old Minneapolis man responded with a simple, “No.”...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that two Somalis who had lived in the United States as refugees were arrested in Arizona last week before boarding a flight to Egypt where they allegedly planned to travel to join the ranks of ISIS. Court documents said that both Mohamed and Hussein entered the United States as refugees from Somalia. Mohamed had been granted lawful permanent residence status by the time he was arrested. Hussein still had refugee status.

Earlier this week a Somali American patriot reached out to The Gateway Pundit to share some more on Ilhan’s radical past... As one of their fellow clansmen who has moved to America... She doesn’t espouse our beliefs nor our love for our adopted country. She has more loyalty to Somalia and our clan than she has towards this great country. We left a country where we were indoctrinated to believe things like Northern Somalis are Jewish and should be exterminated... That same extreme ideology and anti-Semitism that Ilhan displays, is what led to the genocide in Somaliland and Al-Shabab taking...

The 5-year-old Woodbury boy who survived being thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America remains in intensive care due to severe complications from the attack, his parents said in a Tuesday update on their GoFundMe page. “Up until now we have let our hopes govern what we have revealed to the public,” the post stated. “However, the injuries and severe complications have now resulted in more than 15 separate medical procedures or surgeries, including surgeries for two broken arms and a broken leg, removal of his spleen, procedures for fluid in his lungs and stomach, as well...

On Wednesday, June 19, the Pennsylvania Senate passed House Bill 315, which would classify Female Genital Mutilation as a first-degree felony in the Keystone State. The Pennsylvania House passed the legislation on April 9, and the bill’s primary sponsor, Rep. Thomas P. Murt, told CNSNews.com he is “very confident” that Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf will sign the legislation into law. ... Rep. Murt wrote, “This is a major victory for the women of Pennsylvania. I want to thank my colleagues in both the House and Senate for taking this strong and unified stand for the right to be safe from...

A former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman who had called 911 said Friday he "knew in an instant that I was wrong" and apologized to her family, just moments before a judge brushed off a defense request for leniency and ordered him to prison for 12½ years. The stiff sentence for Mohamed Noor capped a case that had been fraught by race from the start. Noor, a Somali American, shot Justine Ruszczyk Damond , a white, upper-middle-class dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia, when she approached his squad car in the alley behind her...

FULL TITLE: Minnesota cop gets 12 years in prison for shooting dead innocent Australian yoga instructor who called 911 about a disturbance outside her home A former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison this morning for the fatal shooting of an unarmed Australian-American yoga teacher after she had called police to report a possible sexual assault. Mohamed Noor, 33, was convicted on April 30 of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the 2017 killing 40-year-old Justine Ruszczyk Damond outside her home near Minneapolis. Noor was acquitted of a more serious charge of second-degree intentional...

Two days before Mohamed Noor is to be sentenced, attorneys for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk Damond have asked a judge to consider an unusual sentence that would only have Noor locked up for two weeks a year. In their memorandum in support of a "mitigated sentencing departure," attorneys Thomas Plunkett and Peter Wold asked the court to consider Noor's lack of a criminal history, remorse and community support. In the first of two proposed sentences, the attorneys asked for no prison time, instead requiring Noor to turn himself in to the...

A man who threw a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony in Minnesota's Mall of America was sentenced to nearly two decades in prison on Monday. Judge Jeannice Reding sentenced Emmanuel Aranda, 24, to 19 years in prison, the maximum amount agreed upon in his plea deal after he pleaded guilty to throwing the young boy, Landen, from the mall's balcony.

The man who pleaded guilty to throwing a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in April received a sentence of 228 months (19 years) Monday morning. Two-thirds of that sentence must be spent in prison. Emmanuel Aranda, 24, was charged with attempted premeditated first-degree murder. During a hearing, Aranda said he knew throwing the child over the balcony could kill him. Aranda agreed to a plea deal in the case roughly three weeks ago. Through statements read in court, the family of 5-year-old Landen, who is still recovering, had a chance to address Aranda prior...

Attorneys for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of fatally shooting an unarmed woman in 2017 plan to ask a sentencing judge for no prison time. If that’s not granted, they’re seeking less prison time than state sentencing guidelines recommend. Mohamed Noor’s lawyers filed a motion Thursday asking for a “dispositional departure” when he is sentenced June 7. He was convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia. She had called 911 to report a possible sexual assault in the alley behind her house.

Does Democrat Rep. Omar not spend any time in Washington working for her constituents in Minnesota? She always seems to be on the road, either raising money for CAIR or demanding more lenient sentences for convicted Somali Muslim terrorists. Video: Hundreds Turn Out to Hear Rep. Ilhan Omar at CAIR-WA Banquet -- YouTube (1:48) https://youtu.be/uDWMEu_ue2M

New evidence reveals that fellow Minneapolis Police officers of the Somali Muslim cop who killed an unarmed woman, tried to cover for him Following the murder conviction of Mohamed Noor, the Somali Muslim cop in Minneapolis who gunned down an innocent, unarmed woman, Justine Ruszczyk Damond, for no reason, new evidence has come out that NoorÂ’s fellow cops tried to cover for him by turning off their body cams upon arrival on the scene after the shooting and telling him not to talk to anyone. DC Clothesline (h/t Larry A) New details are emerging about the tragic shooting of Justine...

FULL TITLE: ‘Stay with me!’ Police's desperate battle to save Justine Damond after she was fatally shot by a US cop - as bodycam shows Mohamed Noor with his head in his hands moments after opening fire Footage of police desperately trying to save the life of Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk Damond after she was shot by a US cop has been released. Ms Damond was fatally shot by Mohamed Noor outside her home in Minneapolis that she shared with her American fiancé, Don, and his son on July 15, 2017. She had called 911 earlier that night to report...

A mob of eight to 10 males wielding hammers descended upon bystanders at the East Bank Light Rail station on Friday night injuring several, according to recorded police dispatch audio. The incident was apparently reported to 911 just before 10 p.m. on Friday according to the audio and other social media police scanner reports. A 9:48 p.m. Facebook post on 2nd Precinct Minneapolis Crime Watch page said that University of Minnesota (U of M) police were requesting assistance from Minneapolis police (MPD) and Metro Transit police for “a group of 8-10 males chasing people with hammers” and that some people...

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) wrongly referred to Gaza as “occupied” in a tweet supporting Palestinian terrorists against Israel on Sunday, as hundreds of rockets were fired at Israeli civilian population centers, killing four Israelis. Omar, who supports the anti-Israel “boycott, divestment, sanctions” (BDS) movement, and who has a long history of antisemitic rhetoric relating to the issue, weighed in on the conflict Sunday, calling it a “cycle of violence” but clearly blaming Israel: .... The “protesters” to which Omar refers were shot at because they were trying to breach the border fence and were using incendiary devices, among other weapons....

FULL TITLE: US cop is found guilty of third-degree murder and manslaughter after he shot dead Australian woman Justine Damond in her pyjamas The US cop who shot dead an unarmed Australian woman in her pyjamas outside her home has been found guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. A jury of ten men and two women reached a verdict on Tuesday in the trial of former Minnesota police officer Mohamed Noor after three weeks of testimony. The jurors were sequestered. Noor, 33, was charged with murder and manslaughter in the 2017 death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a dual citizen...

The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman who had called 911 to report a possible rape in the alley behind her home, a court spokesperson said. Jurors resumed deliberations Tuesday morning, and reached a verdict Tuesday afternoon. KSTP's Beth McDonough reports it will be announced at 4:30 p.m.

Minneapolis: Muslim cop who killed unarmed woman says he shot her to “stop the threat” This proves the truth of what I have said all along about this case: Mohamed Noor was not competent to be a police officer. If he had not been a Somali and a Muslim, he never would have been on the force at all. Identity politics kills. If there is any lesson to be drawn from the killing of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, that is it. The city of Minneapolis was so eager to have a Somali Muslim police officer on the force that it hired...

Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor took the stand Thursday afternoon to testify in his own defense in the trial for the July 2017 shooting death of Australia native Justine Ruszczyk Damond. It is the first time he has spoken on the record about the fatal shooting. The State of Minnesota rested its case at 12:08 p.m. Thursday after questioning finished with their second use-of-force expert, Timothy Longo. Longo's last words to jury were that he had no statements from Noor in reaching his conclusions. The defense began to present their case when court resumed at 12:45 p.m., calling Noor...