Mohamed Noor fired one bullet on a summer night in 2017, killing Justine Ruszczyk. With his murder trial underway, much of what happened remains unclear. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/us/mohamed-noor-trial-minneapolis.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Tag: Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings
A Police Officer Shot a Woman in Pajamas. Here’s Why It May Be Hard to Convict Him.
Prosecutors may not find it easy to convince a jury that a former Minneapolis officer committed a crime when he fatally shot an Australian woman while on duty. Here’s why. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/us/politics/minneapolis-police-shooting-mohamed-noor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Nonfiction: The Author Who Tased Himself to Reveal the Failures of High-Tech Policing
In “Thin Blue Lie” Matt Stroud untangles the web of law enforcement agencies, for-profit corporations and politicians that have put technology at the center of policing. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/books/review/thin-blue-lie-matt-stroud.html?partner=rss&emc=rss