Deliberations begin in former officer's trial for fatally shooting woman before her wedding

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A jury has begun deliberations in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused of fatally shooting a woman while he was responding to a 911 call

At issue in the trial is whether Mohamed Noor was justified in using deadly force when he shot Justine Ruszczyk, an Australian-born woman who was in the United States for her wedding.Noor, a 33-year-old Somali American, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the July 2017 shooting, which led to protests and the resignation of Minneapolis' police chief.

In general, officers on trial for shootings are rarely convicted, partly because jurors tend to give police the benefit of the doubt about whether shootings are a legally justified use of force, experts say. A former East Pittsburgh police officer was recently found not guilty in the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager.Noor expresses remorse Ruszczyk had traveled from her native Australia to Minneapolis to live with her fiancé. She was killed a month before her planned wedding.

 

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If it was other way around he would have been free

This will go very different...mark my word ? The Black Cop ..kill a White Woman Lurking in the Alley ? Why was she out there...Guilty!

His face shows that he thinks its OK to do what he did. Also he thinks he'll get away with it and I wouldn't doubt it if this wasn't his first murder

Of course they are. He is a POC. He will probably. Get convicted. (Not that what he did was right, but toners who weren't POC have walked for equally egregious reasons.

He's black so he will go to jail case closed next

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