"So the Minneapolis Police Department took a flyer on Officer Noor. Now it is a huge mess which needs to cleaned up. Who lost? Everyone."
I know this subject was just an excellent article by a great writer in Alpha News. I still wanted to put my take on this issue. Why? I think this might end up being a much bigger story when all is said and done. I am talking about the murder of Justine Damond. A murder done by Officer (at the time) Mohamed Noor. What has just been revealed about Noor, and how he got on the police force, is jaw dropping to say the least.
As a gun owner, every time I buy a firearm, or renew my carry permit, I have to fill out forms to prove to the state (and to my sheriff) that I am fit and ready to legally carry a firearm. I don't like it. I prefer Constitutional Carry, but right now, it is what it is. Police officers on the other hand, should (and I am sure they do), go through a much more stringent vetting process before being handed a badge and a gun.
It seems when Officer Noor was going through the vetting process, there were troubling "markers" which showed up. One would think when these "markers" show up, the candidate is thanked for his or her interest in the program, and then shown the door. Not with Officer Noor. Even with these warning signs, he was passed through. And why is that? Was it for diversity of the force? For PC reasons? What? Not to worry. With this massive lawsuit the family of Justine Damond has filled against the city, I am sure all these facts will come out.
Most of us who have been in the workplace have seen PC programs run amok from time to time. At one of my employers, a young man of color, was given a management slot in quality control. I knew this young man and liked him. He and I were friends. It not only came as a shock to him when he was selected to have this post (he had zero quality control experience), but also to some other folks who had their hats in the ring for this spot. Folks who did have the proper experience. To make a long story short, this grand experiment crashed and burned shortly after it started. Is was bad for everyone, especially the young man who was put in that unfortunate position.
If seems the Minneapolis Police Department took a flyer on Officer Noor. Now it is a huge mess which needs to cleaned up. Who lost? Everyone. Justine Damond was innocently killed for no reason. Officer Noor was fired and is now up on serious charges. The family of Justine Damond is without Justine. And the City of Minneapolis is going to have to pay a boatload of money in this pending lawsuit.
I will be following this story as it continues to unfold. Even though the local press would love to have it just go away, facts will surface. Will there be justice for Justine? I sure hope so. And I hope that justice finds its way to the boneheads in city hall which allowed this young immigrant man to become a police officer. When he was neither fit nor ready for it.
Thoughts and prayers for the victim, the officer and the boneheads!
ReplyDeleteToo bad we cannot file a civil lawsuit for EVERY boneheaded PC move by government officials.
ReplyDeleteWhen a budget line item is "bonehead civil suit payments", you know your city has a problem, and both Mpls and SP have these problems. Luckily for you guys, the money comes out of the city budgets, and my property taxes, while your taxes provide for climbing walls and latte bars for first responders.
DeleteThat's really the problem, isn't it? That budget line item for "boneheaded policy" will never be examined or cut because, after all, it isn't THEIR money, it's yours, and you are perfectly happy :-^ giving it to them. They are, after all, better than you.
ReplyDeleteI suspect they are protected by their position, but it would be great if they could be held PERSONALLY responsible for some of this stupidity, so they would start treating your money like they treat their own money.
Their excuse is, it is cheaper to pay the settlements than hire competent layers (apparently the city doesn't have any) to defend the city!
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DeleteTypical boneheaded bureaucrats. Because we make boneheaded decisions about hiring boneheaded attorneys, we have to make boneheaded payoffs because of boneheaded hiring of police.
ReplyDeleteSome folks might say it would be easier not to make boneheaded hiring decisions in the first place. And then not need to look for lawyers to defend the indefensible.