Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Justine Damond: Why did the US policeman who killed her have his body camera turned off?

In the United States city where Australian woman Justine Damond was killed, all police are required to wear body cameras. So why did the officer who shot her have his turned off?

Both police officer Mohamed Noor and his partner’s body cameras were off, and their car’s dashboard camera did not capture the moment Ms Damond was shot more than once, in her pyjamas and apparently unarmed, from the vehicle’s passenger seat in a Minneapolis alley.

The officers were responding to a 911 call by Ms Damond, who reported hearing a possible assault in an alley behind her home.

Questions have been raised about why there was no police footage of the incident, with all Minneapolis officers required to wear body cameras since the end of 2016…

Source: Justine Damond: Why did the US policeman who killed her have his body camera turned off? – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)


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