{"id":31940,"date":"2017-07-22T17:15:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T00:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/?p=31940"},"modified":"2017-07-22T19:07:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T02:07:56","slug":"its-not-about-black-or-white-its-about-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/22\/its-not-about-black-or-white-its-about-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s not about black or white. It’s about justice."},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is Valerie Castile, mother of cop-murdered Philando Castile, embracing Don Damond, fianc\u00e9 of cop-murdered Justine Damond.<\/strong><\/strong> They were together at a march through the streets of Minneapolis that was joined by people of multiple races<\/a>. Residents along the route came out of their homes to show support.<\/p>\n

As long as gangs of cops are roaming the streets with license to kill, this is how it ought to be. <\/p>\n

Castile’s black son was slaughtered (for the crime of being a lawful gun owner) by a pale-complected gunman, Jeronimo Yanez. <\/p>\n

Damond’s white fianc\u00e9e was blown off the face of the earth (for the “crime” of dialing 911 to report possible illegal activity) by a black gunman, Mohamed Noor.<\/p>\n

It ain’t about color. It’s about justice. And about freedom and tyranny. It’s about whether American residents of any hue are going to continue to be the hapless prey of gangsters with badges — and of the officials who send killer cops onto the streets — and the judges who invent for them concepts of “immunity” — and the higher-ups who cover for them with secrets called “personnel matters.”<\/p>\n

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This is Chris Miller.<\/strong><\/strong> He’s the next-door neighbor of killer Mohamed Noor. Here’s what he has to say about the man Minneapolis officials handed a gun and turned loose on an unsuspecting populace — and on one gentle Australian yoga teacher who apparently had no idea what policing has become in the U.S.:<\/p>\n

\u201c[Noor] is extremely nervous … he is a little jumpy … he doesn\u2019t really respect women, the least thing you say to him can set him off,\u201d Mr Miller said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they say a policeman shot an Australian lady I thought uh, oh but then when they said who it was I was like, \u2018OK.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He said Noor, who has refused to explain to investigators what led him to shoot dead bride-to-be Damond, was a strict and ill-tempered presence in the townhouse block, where children play together in a playground in a small park between the units.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe got into it with the kids, they were outside playing and something got stuck in a tree and he came out and he just started yelling at the kids because they were out here playing,\u201d Mr Miller said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has little respect for women he has little respect for blacks and kids,\u201d said Mr Miller, who is African-American.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has an air like you just couldn\u2019t really be around him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Miller’s description of Noor as “jumpy” sure accords with the circumstances<\/a> in which he chose to shoot Justine Ruszczyk Damond. If his description is as accurate as it seems, you have to ask why anyone would hire Noor as a cop, let alone send him out with an even less experienced partner. Wouldn’t the briefest psychological evaluation have pegged that man as a time-bomb?<\/p>\n

Noor, who has refused to talk with state investigators, reportedly feels he’s being singled out or abandoned by his fellow officers because he’s a minority man who shot a prosperous white woman. In his 21 months as a cop, he’s had three complaints lodged against him<\/a>, one of which was closed with no action, two of which were still open at the time he killed a woman whose only crime was calling such a creature to her home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is Valerie Castile, mother of cop-murdered Philando Castile, embracing Don Damond, fianc\u00e9 of cop-murdered Justine Damond. They were together at a march through the streets of Minneapolis that was joined by people of multiple races. Residents along the route came out of their homes to show support. As long as gangs of cops are roaming the streets with license to kill, this is how it ought to be. Castile’s black son was slaughtered (for the crime of being a lawful gun owner) by a pale-complected gunman, Jeronimo Yanez. Damond’s white fianc\u00e9e was blown off the face of the earth…<\/p>\n

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