Hopefully, that's grounds for them to fire him. This is kind of an arcane bit of legal knowledge, but the agency can terminate him if he won't cooperate with the investigation, but, if they do that, they can't use evidence they get from that investigation in a criminal case because of the 5th Amendment.BCA agents interviewed Officer Harrity earlier today. Officer Noor has declined to be interviewed by BCA agents at this time. Officer Noor’s attorney did not provide clarification on when, if ever, an interview would be possible.
There's the department's first mistake. Those two guys are still basically rookies. They should have had each of them partnered with someone who actually had experience. That's a failure of the police department.Officer Matthew Harrity has been an officer with the Minneapolis Police Department for one year.
Officer Mohamed Noor has been an officer with the Minneapolis Police Department for 21 months.
So, this guy heard a noise.As they reached West 51st Street, Officer Harrity indicated that he was startled by a loud sound near the squad.
Then the woman shows up.Immediately afterward Ruszczyk approached the driver’s side window of the squad.
It sounds like the police version of events is that the two officers heard a loud noise. Then the woman approached the window of the squad car. When the woman appeared, Noor shot her. Seriously, WTF. How the fuck did these people not figure out that this dude wasn't suitable to be a cop because he jumped to some really stupid conclusions here. 1) That "loud noise" represented some sort of lethal threat directed at the officers. 2) The woman who appeared at the window was the source of the noise. 3) The woman at the window represented a continuing lethal threat.Harrity indicated that Officer Noor discharged his weapon, striking Ruszczyk through the open driver’s side window.
Hypothetically, if a police officer responds to a call about a man with a gun, who is shooting it in the air and then when the police show up, puts it down, the police don't just get to shoot him because he fired a gun.
I can't even understand this shooting. Seriously. Some dude panics at a loud noise, and shoots the closest person that isn't wearing a uniform. WTF? I can understand being startled at a loud noise, but startled to the point of shooting the closest person that isn't dressed like you?