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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
My guess is when MPDs liability carrier and their attorneys saw the records, emails and other documents that bring the truth to light, they thought that 50 million was a cinch for the victims family.
20 million to make it disappear.

This may have unintended consequences. Social media seems to have exploded with people freaking out because a black officer shooting a white civilian is worth $200M but a black man shot by a white officer is only worth a few hundred thousand to a few million. I'm guessing it won't be long before protestors hit the streets.

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Originally posted by Rightwire:

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
My guess is when MPDs liability carrier and their attorneys saw the records, emails and other documents that bring the truth to light, they thought that 50 million was a cinch for the victims family.
20 million to make it disappear.

This may have unintended consequences. Social media seems to have exploded with people freaking out because a black officer shooting a white civilian is worth $200M but a black man shot by a white officer is only worth a few hundred thousand to a few million. I'm guessing it won't be long before protestors hit the streets.

This is Minneapolis Minnesota dude. SJW's never leave the streets. Protesters are just part of the landscape.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
My guess is when MPDs liability carrier and their attorneys saw the records, emails and other documents that bring the truth to light, they thought that 50 million was a cinch for the victims family.
20 million to make it disappear.

the article states it will be paid out of Minneapolis' "self-insurance fund". Sounds like tax payer funded.

Self insured = Liability Carrier. From what I saw on the city website 20 million is the max payout.

You got me. Ida thunk liability carrier is an insurance company.

So if tax payers are paying, can tax payers sue for release of the records so they know what they paid for?

Powerline covered the case

They wrote the lawyer who led the lawsuit and said:

"I also wonder whether you think the prospect of discovery in addition to the guilty verdict affected the settlement."

Bob Bennett reply:

"Our discovery would have been broader, deeper and more painful than the prosecutor. I would judge that had an impact."

"Evidence and lots of it, not race, was the determining factor."

https://www.powerlineblog.com/...bennett-comments.php

Attorneys trying to get acquittal.

MINNEAPOLIS - Attorneys for former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor are asking a judge to acquit him of murder and manslaughter charges, arguing that there wasn't enough evidence to sustain the convictions.

A jury found Noor guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter last month in the fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk, who had called 911 because she thought she heard someone being assaulted in the alley behind her home.

Noor's attorneys argue in Tuesday's court filing that third-degree murder wasn't appropriate because the charge, which is described in statute as exhibiting a "depraved mind," was not appropriate. They cite other Minnesota cases, such as random shooting sprees or drivers speeding down the wrong way on a street, which they argue better fit the requirements of the charge.

"Mr. Noor reacted to dark alley in the middle of the night, thump on the squad, voice, body appearing at the driver's side window, the startled announcement of fear by officer Harrity as he reached for his firearm, and his observation that that the person in the window was raising their right arm," the defense's filing reads. "Mr. Noor's actions to defend his partner and himself, in the context of that night, are not evidence of the depraved mind envisioned by Minnesota courts for the last hundred years."

They also asked the judge to acquit Noor of second-degree manslaughter, which requires that a person's negligence created an unreasonable risk to cause death or great bodily harm.

"His actions were an attempt to minimize the danger he and officer [Matthew] Harrity believed was real at that moment," according to the defense's motion. "And after the fact, his shock and actions reveal a man with a heavy conscience, not a man acting in a conscious disregard for the risk he was creating."

The prosecution has not yet filed a response to the defense's motion to acquit.

Judge Kathryn Quaintance rejected a request in September by Noor's defense team to dismiss charges against him for lack of probable cause.

Noor's sentencing is scheduled for June 7. He could appeal his conviction after he's sentenced.

He's a coward and he should never have been given any authority in this country- a country of which he has no apparent understanding, and to which he should never been allowed to enter.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
He's a coward and he should never have been given any authority in this country- a country of which he has no apparent understanding, and to which he should never been allowed to enter.

This!

Prosecutor in Noor case entering alcohol treatment program

MINNEAPOLIS - Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman will be entering a treatment program for alcohol addiction.

The county’s top prosecutor, whose office won a recent conviction in the high-profile case of a Minneapolis police officer who killed an unarmed woman, issued a statement Friday saying he was evaluated for alcohol issues and agrees he needs treatment. He’ll be entering a “well-respected” program on Monday.

Freeman announced last Friday that he was taking a medical leave, citing “high stress.”

His statement this Friday said he has also worked to stabilize his “unacceptably high blood pressure.” He said he’s determined to reclaim his health and hopes to be back at work in mid-June. His top deputies will oversee the office in the meantime.

Freeman led the prosecution of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor, who was convicted last month of murder and manslaughter in the July 2017 death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. The dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia was shot when she approached Noor’s squad car minutes after calling 911 to report a possible rape behind her home. The case made international headlines.

Freeman, 71, has been county attorney since 2007 after also holding the office from 1991-99. He is the son of the late Orville Freeman, who was Minnesota governor and U.S. secretary of agriculture in the 1950s and ’60s.

Will not have to travel far. Hazelden Betty Ford right there.

No prison time for a murder conviction???

“MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — 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.

“The Grounds for the dispositional departure are his particular amenability to probation, cooperation, attitude in court and remorse,” Noor’s attorneys argued in the motion…”

https://apnews.com/02ec1053156f4c26a10858e4d7e91940

Trying to get the best possible deals for their clients is what defense attorneys do—and are supposed to do.

Not a chance

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Not a chance

I truly hope that you’re right...but it is Minnesota. My hope is that the judiciary realizes the public is *pissed* about this and sentences according to guidelines...but not *because of* public sentiment.

Noor sentencing hearing is today.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/...-noor-sentencing.php

Noor’s presumptive sentence for third-degree murder is about 12.5 years. Noor’s attorneys have asked for a sentence including no prison time (a so-called dispositional departure) or a more lenient prison sentence (a so-called durational departure) to one year and a day.

“A former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison this morning for the fatal shooting of an Australian yoga teacher after she had called police to report a possible sexual assault…”

https://mol.im/a/7116753

Excellent.

Still not enough...but better than “1 week each year on the anniversary of her death to honor her life” the defense proposed.